Congratulations are in order. Janice got her story published so we now have another published writer* in the family – I definitely have to catch up.
Lisa and the Light Dancer, a story for children, came out recently and we were thrilled when daughter Holly called to say it was on Amazon. The book is based [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Janice’s book is out!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Red Stripe
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you noticed? One of the beers the President will have on hand for the Crowley-Gates summit at the White House this week will be Jamaican Red Stripe, one of two beers Professor Gates is said to be partial to.
Red Stripe, like reggae, does seem to get around. Even here in Show Low, population 11,000, [...]
Hummerfest
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The great gathering of hummingbirds and fans at the Sipe Nature Center has ended for this year and 800 visitors were on hand to celebrate.
This event is held the last Saturday in July, every year, and is growing: last year 600 drove to the center just outside the town of Eager, and today we drove [...]
Our tree
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A tree from our neck of the woods is going to Washington.
The 85-ft blue spruce from the White Mountains on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests will begin its cross-country trek in November, headed for the U.S Capitol Grounds.
The tree was chosen on July 19, a day which, magically, marks the 100th anniversary since Aldo Leopold arrived [...]
Coincidence
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I came across a photo CD in a file I must have misplaced some time ago and there were some picures that seemed O.K. Particularly one shot in Monument Valley.
I’d taken a picture of a promontory over a steep drop with a background of pinnacles. But what attracted me moreso was a faded sign, where [...]
Movements
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Under the awning against likely rain, in the backyard of Elle and Gary we sat, picking at potluck specials, being casually communal this Independence Day evening.
Perhaps with Louis Sellier’s emigration blog echoing, I couldn’t help noting the spread of people around the table. Our hosts are, or were, Dutch, having come from Holland in their [...]
T&T visit: Jeremy
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ran itnto Jeremy Taylor in the Long Circular Mall and commiserated with him about giving up his Notes from Port of Spain Blog.Was happy to hear he was going to pick up the cudgels again. Later that week, same place, saw Sharon, an ex-colleague, and she is still writing. Her blog is My Chutney Kitchen [...]
T&T trip:curry
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To be in Trinidad is to be teasingly curry-conscious, what with the doubles kiosks on the streets and “hot roti” signs beckoning from all over.
Then there is Wings. This is a Tunapuna hideout you’re not likely to find on your own, a habitue having to take you through back roads and impossibly tangled double-parked streets [...]
