Politics, etc 2 Audacity of Hope, Barak Obama The American Constitution and Bill of Rights Edward Abbey 7 The Best of Edward Abbey Journey Home Abbey’s Road Down the River Desert Solitaire The Brave Cowboy (Fiction) All the West that Remains, Gessner Fiction 10 Light Action in the Caribbean, Lopez (short stories) Platte…
My muse emerges when I am in a peaceful and beautiful setting outdoors. Now, outdoor trips are rare thanks to deep winter in the north, when I am mostly indoors for months at a time. I moved a comfy chair next to the doors leading to the deck for some visual inspiration. The house across the…
I have not frozen solid, although it seems possible some days when temps drop below zero. The daytime high last week was minus 4 degrees, but I have enough layers and wool socks to keep me alive at the Arctic Circle. My sluggish blogging pace relates to the new coloring book craze. I started coloring…
Happy New Year! I awoke to a wonderful, appropriate new word in my inbox (from dictionary.com): First-foot the first person to cross the threshold of a house on New Year’s Day. the first person met after starting out on the day of an important occasion. Quote: Custom held that the most fortunate “firstfoot” on a…