Ravens, Crows, Jays

Painted Desert Raven

About a decade ago, I was making regular trips to Phoenix for family reasons. It was about a six, maybe seven hour drive each way. I did the trip so often that think I’d I had nearly worn grooves into…

Reading Aloud IV

There’s something satisfying about reading a good book aloud. Part of the enjoyment is the story itself, of course, that magical feeling of being transported to another world. But there’s also the awareness that you are seeing this other world…

New Year

I wish you all a Happy New Year. May the coming year treat you and your loved ones well. As I write this, Louisville and Superior, Colorado, are burning…in a Winter–time wildfire. At least five or six hundred homes have…