five in one

This is what happens when you lose your internet and are forced to go offline for the holidays.

magazine print of original piece

For a hands on crafter like me - I take things apart and put them back together again in new and different ways.

boast of quietness

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1996), Jactancia de Quietud, from Luna de Enfrente, 1925

Christmas Comet Lovejoy

Writings of light assault the darkness, more prodigious than meteors.
Escrituras de luz embisten la sombra, más prodigiosas que meteoros.

The tall unknowable city takes over the countryside.

La alta ciudad inconocible arrecia sobre el campo.

Sure of my life and death, I observe the ambitious

Seguro de mi vida y de mi muerte, miro los ambiciosos

and would like to understand them.

y quisiera entenderlos.

winter is coming

After an extended autumn our beautiful weather has turned. Leaves are scattering in the wind. Skies have turned leaden and gray.

Window Dancer

When days are shortened and dusk falls before 5:00 p.m. you know winter is on its way.

We truly have been blessed with a long and great fall season. Last year we only had a couple of weeks between a rainy summer and a sleety slushy winter.