We’re having a peaceful day and wish the same to you.

Our drive keeps handing us surprises. We go through Moab, but it isn’t our destination. This feels wrong again every few minutes at least until we reach I-70. When we reach Idaho, a rest stop attendant tells us a storm is coming, and there have already been several accidents ahead. We consider stopping for the…

Usually I don’t write much about all the driving we do, but some of it turns out to be a great part of a trip. This drive is packed full of goodies, some of which I’ve never seen. Starting at the southern tip of the Jemez mountains with White Mesa, you get a smorgasbord of…

Sean’s first exhibition will be in the Teal Gallery in Breckenridge, Colorado. We meet him there for the pre-opening party to mark the occasion. It’s a really attractive place, with a variety of appealing art selected for the opening on December 20 (when I’m sure all the art will be hanging). I wish Sean and…

Four weeks after spraining her ankle at Sugarite Canyon, Ann got this supportive and stylish brace to help her keep from re-inflaming the injury. Now at six weeks, it seems to be working, and getting her plenty of attention from the style-conscious senior crowd at the post office. She’s no longer using a cane, and…

I’m visiting my mom in Michigan this week. We’re treated to this amazing autumn spectacle at a friend’s house in Ann Arbor:

We were getting ready to climb at El Rito this weekend, when I noticed an irritating cactus spine injury on my ankle was painful enough to make me limp. The injury was already two weeks old, red, and inflamed. After some research and soliciting some advice, I decided to stay off of it for a…

I’m pretty much settled in here in Santa Fe now, and my various projects are all underway. Too many projects, it felt like this week. Far from reveling in my freedom from obligatory work, I bit off too much of my own work and got myself even more stressed than I used to be! I…

Using up every last minute of vacation during my last month at work, I travel to Chicago to for the 4th quadannual Sociometry Fair. I have to fly to get there and back in 4 days. Having heard radio stories about new charges for checked bags, I take only a computer bag with spare socks…