Monthly Archives: July 2011

~:: Santa Fe: Pt. 3 & 4 ::~

Phooey and phooey.  The new install wiped out my stats and a bunch of comments and replies.  We found the comments in the database and I have tried to restore them; meanwhile, it looks like I was ignoring everybody.  And … Continue reading

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~:: Santa Fe: Pt. 2 ::~

More amazing land: We walked the wide cinder paths across the desert, careful not to step onto the living crust of the land. Chaz boots – in the middle – have seen everywhere from Japan to Wales to the deserts … Continue reading

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~:: The Wood Knocks Back ::~

Note on the last three days: earlier this year I updated WordPress, my blog software.  I’d never had a problem doing this before – but this time, I lost my visual editor and nothing I could do, nothing on the … Continue reading

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~:: Back to Santa Fe: pt. 1 ::~

This is a photo of the one day Max and Gin were able to spend with us in our own house.  If I do say so myself, I have caught them both brilliantly. The next day, they drove away with … Continue reading

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~:: Knocking on Wood ::~

I am on the couch, tangled up in blankets, alternately coughing and wishing I were asleep.  Not the least unhappy, though.  Just tired out.  I have many photographs to offer you.  But I can’t.  Not till you read this: An … Continue reading

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~:: Oh, Say – Can You See? ::~

At risk of repeating stories (which I am destined to do till the day I die), I was taken – charmed – intrigued – when (as a little kid) I saw the movie Pollyanna.  It was the 4th of July … Continue reading

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~:: More Relics of Joy ::~

Starting with the light I’m always trying to show you: along the river, the last dying flame of the sun, traveling back up river. I look out the back windows and the light is so striking, so dramatic, that I … Continue reading

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