Hang Up–taking my tech for a walk

There’s a guy coming down the hill on Sodon Lake Road. Tizi and I are walking up the hill, twenty minutes into our morning route.…

Bag Man–the things I carry

We heard animals last night, yipping and howling in the woods across the road from the orchard. It was not a sound we are acquainted…

Hold It Right There–how we feel and why

Aristotle, 14; Charles Darwin, 5.  It sounds like the final score in the big-names-in history wrestling contest. Aristotle destroys Darwin. It’s actually the number of…

Lighten Up–reading, working, sleeping

I’ve been using my Kindle as a flashlight the last couple mornings. At 4:30 a.m. the display lights my way from a bedroom to a…

Ride It–desert miles and wild horses

“That’s two,” Tizi says. “You’re counting?” Whatever she murmurs in response I can’t hear. Because even with my hearing aid cranked to HIGH, I can’t…

iThink–towns, cows, silence

“Don’t forget the cows,” Tizi says. How could I? If I think Iowa, I’ll think corn; in Nebraska, it will be cows. Since we crossed…

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