The Silent Ride

The Silent Ride

Part of the reason for the Wyoming retreat is to reacquaint with nature, to rediscover the colors of the wind, if you will, that we tend to lose in everyday modern life. So on one ride we were instructed to ride in silence, no talking, so that we could see, feel, and...
Welcome to Wyoming

Welcome to Wyoming

Last year I attended the Literature and Landscape of the Horse, a writing and riding retreat led by Page Lambert and Sheri Griffith, held at the Vee Bar Guest Ranch in Wyoming. I had such a good time I went again this year, but this time I took my friend Hellen with...
Perla

Perla

Meet Perla, the only cat of our current six who technically is not a stray. But she does have ties to vagabond cats, as her parents arrived on the scene as strays traveling together, brother and sister, we suspect. She was actually born on the premises in the old...
Caroline Gets Married

Caroline Gets Married

We had the pleasure of celebrating the marriage of our daughter Caroline on May 15 to Neil Kron. She planned and coordinated the whole event and did a wonderful job pulling everything together. Her son Colten gave her away, an appropriate and sentimental...
One More Story About Kilimanjaro

One More Story About Kilimanjaro

  Just the other day I was asked what I found when I made it to the top of Kilimanjaro. My too-quick response was snow, clouds, glaciers, and the peak’s marker that previous trekkers had festooned with mementos to signify they had been there and to leave a...