Green Star Setting
Get the double meaning there? About a year ago, I wrote a post called “Green Star Rising,” telling you all about my new job. That star is “setting” now, serenely and with lovely grace, as I count down my last … Continue reading
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Adventures in Third Hollow
The Saturday before last, April 6, Julie and I ventured into the rugged bluffs overlooking the Beaver River — and thence into the wooded ravine known as Third Hollow. We were partly in quest of Skull Cave, which Julie had … Continue reading
Whan That Aprille
Spring is here now! I declare it! The winter that would not let go has at last slid howling and clawing into the frigid abyss, and warmer air is astir. The crocus shoots in my backyard have a chance. The … Continue reading
Audio DRAGONFLY Now Available!
Dragonfly is now downloadable as an audio book from Audible! You can find it easily on Amazon and listen to an excerpt. It’s read by Casey Holloway.
March Snow: Two Wonders
We’re into March, but winter won’t quite let go of us yet. The forecast, however, is for temperatures that look like the arrival of the cavalry . . . like the coming of Gandalf with reinforcements to the battle of … Continue reading
Julie’s Blog
My fiancee is also a blogger. Just today, she blogged about me! I invite you to visit her blog here. If that link doesn’t work, you can find it at http://allmanack.blogspot.com. I am truly, truly blessed.
These Snowy Hills
There is an austere beauty to the wintry hills of western Pennsylvania. I’m letting pictures do nearly all the talking this time. Life is busy — good and full of blessings, but busy. … Continue reading
She Said “Yes”!
Back in about 1985, Dr. Henry L. Lettermann told his Understanding Literature students (of whom I was one): “Find the Reader — the one who reads what you write before anyone else does. Find the Reader and marry it. That’s … Continue reading
Summer Days in January
Well, now I’ve heard everything. Today at work we actually ran out of trash to be sorted, so they let us go at 11:00 a.m.! We ran out — in the kingdom of trash! The enormous bay where they keep the incoming … Continue reading
Dragon-Hoards and Caves of Ice
A few days ago, when we all looked down from our paper-line balcony at work, the machine operators had amassed a vast pile of flattened aluminum cans. It was perhaps a dozen feet high, thirty feet across, and the cans were … Continue reading