We are blessed with a beautiful autumn. The days are sunny and crisp. Looks like I may get out in the camper for the weekend. Often, Tango and I arise early, while the sky is still dark, and I slowly prepare for a day of teaching. Several times recently I have subbed in special ed…
A couple of burly guys loaded up all my remaining belongings and unloaded into the garage where I am housed-sitting. We made several van trips.How can I still fill up half of a two-car garage? Apparently I did not divest myself of 75% of my belongings, as I estimated. If I have time before I…
Do you ever wonder if a house can have a personality? Can it feel? Does it have a relationship with its inhabitants? A house is built with inanimate objects–wood, metal, stucco, wall board, insulation. How can a house have human emotions? Yet, when we look for a house or apartment we seek a certain feel or…
The relentless fall winds blow in today as if they never left; instead, waiting and gathering strength deep in the prairie dog holes. Free now, the winds oddly sound like heavy ocean waves, and their ferocity ebbs and flows like the breaking of those waves near the shoreline. The remnant summer flowers bow down at…
Thursday. Rain, cold, gray blanket sky. Breezy wind is teasing, reminding us she will grow to gale-force soon. Roaring fireplace, hot coffee, soft old comforter. This is early for the first “fireplace fire” of the year. I wonder, will winter come early? We had such extreme weather last year, including big September and May snow…
I am back to making To-Do Lists. The cookbook and curriculum consume most of my time. However, my disheveled house and yard cry for attention. How to prioritize? I should pull the weeds, but later today during a writing break, I am going to set up all the bird feeders and fill them to the…
Seriously! Packing up winter clothes and long underwear is just asking for trouble. I packed mine away last week and today it is snowing. Lots of snow, not just a snow shower. This morning the skies are dark and snow falls nonstop. The world is a winter wonderland–again. What is freakier: tonight the low will…
We just got a print copy of “Whirled: Life, Loss, and Healing on the High Plains”. Tango started reading right away! Couldn’t get it away from him.
My new book, Whirled: Life, Loss, and Healing on the High Plains will be released in Kindle format on Valentine’s Day. In the book, I share my story as a minister who moves to a small town in Wyoming, where, despite a harsh climate, nagging self-doubt, and tragic loss, I find healing, wholeness, and a sense of…
Every now and then I go on a date. However, there are no “first date” restaurants in Wheatland. It is okay to stay here for a second date, say, for a pizza and beer. On a third date, the local diner will do, especially on Mexican Monday. It is the selection of a first date…