• A Trip to the Thrift Shop #3
    Cover of 1960s travel map of Rome; a blue, green, and white image of an angel
  • A Trip to the Thrift Shop #2
    Travel Brochures from the 1960s for Paris and Normandy, France
  • A Trip to the Thrift Shop #1
    Two travel brochures from the 1960s
  • Early Walk, Grasses, June 23 2024 /
    Upright grasses wet with dew and backlit by the rising sun Grasses wet with dew and backlit by the rising sun
  • Happy Birthday, June Carter
    June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash, arm in arm at a fair.
  • Early Walk, Dew, June 23 2024 /
    Aspen leaves covered in dew drops
  • Early Walk, Striated Clouds, June 23 2024 /
    Mountain ridgeline with striated clouds in the sky above striated clouds
  • Early walk, Pine Tree and Its Shadow, June 23 2024 /
    A pine tree backlit by the sunrise and the tree's shadow on grass
  • Elk Park /
    Craggy cliffs at sunrise.
  • You Can Count on Him /

    The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles: Masterful and enthralling. Vanderbilt in a nutshell, by a contemporary: “The Commodore’s word is as good as his bond when it is fairly given. He is equally exact in fulfilling his threats.”

  • Trout Mountain, 06.18.2024, 5:58 am /

    Mountain in dawn sunlight; small dog in foreground. “Ya' comin?”

  • Red & Ready / 🌱
    A container full of bright red tomatoes.

    The little ones that don’t look quite red are ‘Sungolds,’ which aren’t supposed to be red, but yellow. (Just sayin'.)

  • Wait, what's the question? /

    Annie Dillard: “We’ve been on earth all these years and we still don’t know for certain why birds sing… We have been as usual asking the wrong question… The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?”

  • Sandwich of the summer /

    Around here, pre-July 4th is prime homegrown tomato time. (Beat the heat and the squirrels.) Open-faced toasted sourdough rubbed with garlic and topped with tomatoes, sardines, red onion, basil, a squeeze of lemon, salt & pepper: Boy, oh boy!

  • Slow Food
    Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich in 3 parts.

    I started making ths BLT a bit less than six months ago. (At least the “T”.)

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