I’ve been taking a break from blogging lately as I process the radical shift my life has taken recently. I do hope and plan to get back to my more normal posting routine and content in the future, but until then I hope you’ll bear with me just a bit. I’ve had quite a lot on my mind, and I […]
(Note: I began writing this blog post five years ago; it’s been languishing, an unfinished draft, since February 2020 — partly because it’s so silly I wasn’t sure I should publish it. I still have strong doubts, but what the heck. Please enjoy it in the spirit of utter foolishness it deserves.) Lewis Carroll’s classics Alice Adventures in Wonderland and […]
Sitting in a small cabin on top of a mountain watching a storm pass can get your mind thinking about all sorts of things. And for lack of anything better to do, I decided to write down some of my thoughts. I’ve read a lot of posts lately in my Facebook group dedicated to the TV show Northern Exposure where […]
Today I decided the best way to tell the story of our trip home from Christmas in Montana was through a few excerpts from my travel journal. Monday, December 28, 1992 — “When we left [heading home] on Sunday we drove through Missoula and took 90 East to avoid the Lost Trail Pass on 93, thinking the snow conditions might be […]
Every march, every right that was fought for, that women died for, was for your “status quo,” for the life you have now, that you take for granted. Please know that every one of these rights that let you live the life you have can be erased with the swipe of a pen. Don’t let all those who died, the […]