by svsauthor | Jun 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have a good view of my garden from the window in Clare’s bedroom. Ordinarily I’d have no reason to be in her room, but she has moved to Madison and left me responsible for her aquarium. The only reason she even has an active aquarium is that she took pity on a half...
by svsauthor | Jun 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
I may have added a new element to my daily routine. Prior to last Wednesday, most of my days started with two+ hours of writing, followed by a walk with my dog (on which Manyu usually came along). Later in the day I took a long bicycle ride. Fishing, hiking, reading,...
by svsauthor | Jun 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am drawn to good simple writing (e.g., William Saroyan, Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, Ivan Doig, James Lee Burke), but once or twice a year I take on an author who I consider complicated. The catch with complicated writing is that I must decide, sometimes in as few...
by svsauthor | Jun 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Clare graduated from college last week. Sometimes personal events are so significant that I have no choice but to write about them. I was half done with a blog about a crow walking a full block down the middle of the street in front of my house, when I realized that...
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