More highlights from my past year as told in a few of my favorite photos.


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I started writing a "Year In Summary" post for 2014, but after a couple or three paragraphs I decided I'd rather just post some of my favorite pictures from the year. This isn't all of them - they only cover up to October - so I'll likely post more when I get the chance.


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As those of you who read this journal know, I have a dog named Tucker, also known by his extended nickname of Tucker the Big Dog. (He's not that large, actually, but this distinguishes him from our other pooch, Weezie the Little Dog.) In his younger years...and he might still try this now at the age of 12...he would stand at our front door, look ( Read more... )

It's been three weeks now since I've done any writing, at least beyond this blog, and this is not a state I'm happy with either physically or mentally. It seems to be one of the holding patterns that have characterized 2014 thus far - in this case, I didn't want to start writing the next Arizona Book yet, I've only just begun researching the ( Read more... )

Don't let the title fool you. I really actually honestly do love snow, quite a lot. I usually complain by the end of each winter that we didn't get enough / any snow, and even after the record-breaking quantities we've gotten this season I'm still not tired of it. (I know, I know. Feel free to throw a virtual snowball-with-rock-inside at my e-head ( Read more... )

When I posted the other day about truths that Tucker the Big Dog reminds me about, I could've added the personal one of "Don't forget to go hiking every now and then ( Read more... )

Exactly the way many of my elders warned me about in my youth, time seems to go a lot faster for me now than it did even a handful of years ago. Part of this phenomenon manifests in my being surprised at how much time has passed since certain events took place. Really, The Incredibles came out nine years ago? popped into my head the other day when ( Read more... )

It occurred to me that not only have I not written anything here in a while, it's been ages since I posted a multi-photo entry--years, probably. And that it's probably been ages since I posted an entry that wasn't about writing.

So I'll say one writing-related thing and be done with it for this go-round: I'm doing the heavy edits for The Matter ( Read more... )

I don't always throw up hairballs on the bed...

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