Are You Enjoying Your Story?
Subtitle: Birthdays, Beers and Bonfires. Because we all love stories, and because we are ad infinitum creating our own unique histories every blessed day we’re gifted to kick up a […]
2012
Of Glass and Stones
The way it is with my husband and I is this: he’s got his shop to fix and assemble his works of art and craft, and I’ve got mine. Only
Cabin Mystery
Copper River break-up The ice has not yet gone out on the Copper River. I’ve come out to our cabin to spend time working on my writing, without distractions,
Poetry Arrived…Faces
Poetry arrived….in search of me. I don’t know… I don’t know where it came from, from winter, or a river. I don’t know how or when… -Pablo Neruda I love
Kelly on a Wyoming Ranch
I wrote this story when I was 24 years old, after working “round up” at a friend’s family ranch near Rawlins, Wyoming. My first third rate romance, or maybe a
Things to Do on the Ski Train
Every year at Spring Equinox, the Alaska Railroad loads up skiers for the annual trip to Curry, an outpost 22 miles north of Talkeetna, for a day of snowshoeing and skiing. What to
Oh, To be Eighty Again
I’ve found who I want to be when I grow up. Yes, I know, just be yourself they say, but in the context of the larger world, we all look
First Thought. Best Thought.
ALL my life, I’ve been fascinated with how the mind works; how we think, dream, make decisions, intuit. I had a doctor’s appointment the other day.
The Horse of Ten Toes
My boots are crunching on cold dry snow. I’m walking the frozen river, delighted with every curve and bend, starting from a meandering slough where overflow threatens to soak my
Only Reverence Will Make the Center Hold
Remember that you are human How could I forget? you ask Very easily, especially if you have money, or you are powerful or so successful that you push every thought