Juno came to stay with us last weekend.  We had way more than our share of fun.  Let me give you a rundown. Juno finally got to meet Scott and the pets.   Kayo tried to be fierce, but realized that fierceness would get in the way of being spoiled.  Speedwell gave up the scaredy-cat routine […]

Finally, my camera and I are in the same place as the sun. That happy accident came about only because I led a discussion about creation myths over the weekend, and it filled my noggin to bursting.  So I had to leave work at lunch time and come home to decompress.  Which allowed me to […]

Blogging from the kitchen . . . now I’m blogging from the library . . . blogging while walking is very hard though . . . not enough arms . . . blogging from the couch . . . I bought a new computer yesterday, and the new wireless router seems to be working very […]

I’m impatiently tapping my foot, waiting for the Winter Solstice.  We’re poised on the edge of the shortest day and longest night of the year, waiting for the sun to regain its prominence in our daily cycle of dark and light. The Solstices and Equinoxes are very important to me as touchstones–the orbits of Moon […]

My friend Danny just got a new, as yet unnamed, puppy.  Who is half Beagle and half Pug.  The cuteness, it is killing me, and I haven’t even met the pup in person yet. No, it gets worse When he gets sad And even worse when he is tired . . . I have to […]

We spent a long weekend in and around the Shenandoah national forest.  I’d encourage you to go, but you can’t, because my dog apparently laid claim to the entire region.  He was on a serious quest.  He’s never been so dedicated to the cycle of canine hydration and evacuation is his living life. We picked […]