The lost holidays
[actual autocorrect I got today] Happy Easter, all! Happy Passover! Or, in my case, Happy Sunday! Growing up, holidays were a big thing around my house. My mom decorates for seven holidays a year, I believe, and we had family traditions affiliated with so many of those days. Cards and chocolate and little presents […]
That fall feeling and last night’s dream
Since I still haven’t learned how to write short, single-topic posts, I thought I’d just throw in that having a blog, even a neglected blog like mine, is great for many reasons, only one of them being that I’m reminded of how seasonal my urges are, even when living in a place with little drama […]
Year-end musings
It seems like December 31 is the year’s most contemplative day, don’t you think? The bug hits me, I’ll admit. I’ve spent the past few days thinking about the year, the pace of which felt a little like this. Even as the light dims this late afternoon (snow is falling!), I’m still hoping to have […]
Game planning (Thanksgiving edition)
This morning, my Facebook feed blew up with talk of “the big game,” the annual Montana-Montana State football game (which is, somewhat foolishly to my way of thinking, called “The Brawl of the Wild”). While alums of both schools taunted one another, I was doing my own kind of game planning: the kind that involves […]
Fall longing
Fall is the season of bloggers. Every blogger and her mother is celebrating the solstice today, the crisp morning air, the hot apple cider to come, pumpkin everything, hearty crock pot meals, cozy sweaters and knee high boots. It makes me so jealous. Here in Texas, it’s supposed to be 90 all week (or, as […]
red – The August Break – day ten
Signs of summer. Red. Day Ten of The August Break. (photos by me, at the Huckleberry Festival and later on the dock with a vodka tonic in hand)
taste – The August Break – day nine
One missed silk. Oops. Taste. Day Nine of The August Break. (photo by me, on the deck before dinner was served)
skyline – The August Break – day seven
From the upper patio of the Iron Horse, at dinner with a friend on my one night back in town. Missoula, Montana. Skyline. Day Seven of The August Break. (photo by me, waiting for my salmon BLT, enjoying my company and the huckleberry vodka and lemonade)
love – The August Break – day four
First sunset at the lake, one of my favorite places. Swan Lake, Montana. Love. Day Four of The August Break. (photo by me, taken from the dock)
yellow – The August Break – day three
Clipped from the garden. Great Falls, Montana. Yellow. Day Three of The August Break. (photo by me, just before dinner)
I like writing, photography, reading, music, design, typography, paper products, days in the seventies and sparkly snow, Spanish wine and cans of PBR. I spent a year in Córdoba, Spain, working as a 
