The winter storm that’s in the process of sinking the Eastern seaboard only grazed us, with a couple days of rain and one night of snow. By sunset tonight the snow had mostly melted, and the last of the clouds were scurrying over the mountains on their way to a rendezvous with Maryland or wherever. […]

Lots of meetings with friends this holiday week, almost all associated with food. Above you see homemade soft pretzels served with chile con queso and a fine dry red, the cooking bossed by Darcy and assisted by her large family, who very kindly adopted Kathy and me for long afternoon. Christmas Eve featured an afternoon […]

I haven’t posted here since the middle of October. Instead I’ve been, well, knocking down a series of piñatas that have come floating up one after another. Slow-moving targets, but each requiring a fair amount of energy to knock down In the last few weeks, I have: Finished drafting HEAVEN IN FLAMES. (Will probably require […]

I visited my physical therapist this afternoon. We were born in the same town (Duluth), and went to the same junior high school (Ordean). He was a year behind me and we didn’t know each other. My family left town, and he went on to become a ski jumping champion and twice a member of […]