Canada, Craven, Country Music, and the Dixie Chicks

“Let us go singing as far as we go; the road will be less tedious.”–Virgil Fans, always fans I’ve been … More

A quote by Jane Austen

“Everything nourishes what is strong already.” -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 9.

I recently cleaned out some boxes of memories and came across this e-mail that I had written to a friend. It … More

Across the river clouds conceal the mesa. White billows tether each juniper, tangle in the rippling edges of oak leaves, … More

My younger sister has long romanticized boats and water and getting to be one of those lucky ones in the … More

I have spent the last three days taking part in time travel. No, I didn’t defy physics or invent a … More

We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits,–so much help By so much reading. … More

“Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling!” -Walt Whitman, Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun, I