I decided last month to create a monthly post highlighting a few stories that begged sharing and remembering. Here are just a few from April. Hometown Mural – Pittsburg is packed with quirky personality. I was driving down Broadway the other day and noticed this mural for the first time. Apparently its been up for months without my… Continue reading The Story Shelf: April/2016
I’ve learned to recognize this feeling. February was a season of tiny margins, cold and gray days mixed with stubborn flu symptoms that sapped any scrap of leftover energy. The “You Need to Run Away” feeling showed up, sat down on my lap and refused to be ignored. Thankfully Grace provided a free Friday. There were… Continue reading The Day I Ran Away
Last Saturday was a cattle work day here on the ranch. That means clear the schedule, all hands on deck and put the “let’s-git-er-dun” hat firmly upon the head. We round-up the herd and run them through the chute for a variety shots, medicines, branding and/or measuring. Sometimes this process goes smoothly and everybody has… Continue reading Ranch Life
Media can be disgustingly invasive. About the point I’m ready to quit the modern life and run screaming into a cabin in the woods, someone uses media to tell a story with such grace and beauty that it makes me reconsider. Like the time I discovered The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. I continue… Continue reading More from Moonbot Studios
Half the fun in traveling, for me anyway, lies in anticipating the trip itself. Knowing I would have loads of flight time on my trip to Italy this summer, I scoured around looking for a novel that would give me solid information as well as the mood and atmosphere appropriate for a first time trip… Continue reading The Agony and the Ecstasy
