family… The Orange Bowl 19 Oct 201119 Oct 2011 Choco - the horse we belong to!He is attached to us now. His head pops up, ears in a full point as we approach the gates. He hears us and…
landscape… The Year That Changed My Life 10 Oct 2011 "Inside you there's an artist you don't know...say yes quickly, if you know, if you've known it from before the beginning of the universe." - Rumi The holiday that I…
family… Morning Has Broken – But Not The Fog 24 Sep 201124 Sep 2011 Yesterday evening, as we grew closer to the cabin and higher in elevation, the colors of autumn began to appear. First it was tinges on a few trees and then…
family… There Was Another Brother… 18 Sep 201118 Sep 2011 I have spent most of the weekend with family. Normally this is a good thing, and even in sorrow, we support each other. But this was more than the funeral…
Entertainment… A Different Kind of Sunset 15 Sep 201115 Sep 2011 Marvelous Sunset in Big Sky CountryWhenever I meet someone who has been lucky enough to see the Great American West, they usually respond with a comment about the sunsets followed…
Entertainment… How To Celebrate The Last Forty-Something Birthday 14 Sep 201114 Sep 2011 When I hit thirty, I was almost relieved as I had mourned my twenties for the entirety of my twenty-ninth year. Hitting forty was nothing traumatic so thirty-nine slid by…
Entertainment… Tonight’s Harvest Moon 12 Sep 201112 Sep 2011 Wikipedia describes the harvest moon as the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox which is on September 23rd this year, making tonight's full moon the Harvest Moon!…
political… September 11 – Site and Hindsight 11 Sep 2011 My friend Paula and I in front of the site in 2007Today marks the tenth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Events in remembrance are planned, television…
Entertainment… A Sobering Sign 29 Aug 201129 Aug 2011 After witnessing the much anticipated eruption of Old Faithful, we ambled through Yellowstone taking in the lake views, a rippling beach, and more smoking pores in the earth's surface -…
Entertainment… Geysers, Sulphur, and Roiling Pots of Mud – Oh My! 28 Aug 201128 Aug 2011 Grand Prismatic SpringWho was the first human of modern civilization to see the earth smoking, roiling pots of mud, boiling turquoise and sapphire pools surrounded by orange veins, and geysers…