On the Fourth of July, we went hiking at Purgatory Chasm State Park. We just did the Chasm Loop Trail since we were hiking with a five-year-old and three-year-old. The trail was much rougher than… Read More »Purgatory Chasm State Park
Where do I come from is a deceiving question. It seems like there should be a straight-forward answer. For the siblings in C Pam Zhang‘s How Much of These Hills Is Gold, a question like… Read More »Place and Identity in How Much of These Hills Is Gold
It’s almost July and 67ºF and drizzly out. The rain is cool. Not cold, but still, it’s cool. After seven years in Arkansas, five in St. Louis, and two in Tennessee, I forgot that summers… Read More »I’m Still Not Used to New England
As I sit down to write this post, I find it hard to come up with words. It’s been a while. In that timeframe, the United States failed to contain Covid-19. All of the sacrifice… Read More »108 Days Later
I updated my site finally. Gone is the made from scratch theme. I don’t have the time to develop something modern and sleek on my own. Think this will work.
It’s peaceful here. We can sit out on the deck and watch fireflies amidst the pines
