Hot chocolate, a blazing fire, lots of tiny white lights on trees. I’ve been craving coziness in all forms, and trying to find the coziness in things I’d never considered before. Like, for instance, sitting in the car in a curbside pickup slot, the heater blowing, waiting for the grocery order. Then driving home in … Read moreA Palliative Coziness

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, but we took advantage of the weather and celebrated last Friday out on the patio. The hourly weather report showed the wind was going to shift from NW to N, so I set up the bamboo and reed windbreaks I made for the new arbor and Steve started up the fire … Read moreMy First Outdoor Thanksgiving

October is the month of magic, even if you don’t believe in magic. It’s in the quality of the light, the last burst of energy in the birds and wildlife before the stillness of winter, and in the satisfaction of the harvest, both literal and figurative. I often take a couple of weeks off from … Read moreOctober Magic

So here we are, the seven-month anniversary of not doing things in the normal sort of way, like shopping, or going out for brunch or a coffee, or popping into the library. Doing things with people you don’t live with. Trying to remember what I last shopped for…oh yeah, stocked up on a few things … Read moreThe Normal Sort of Way

An Uninvited Quest is my favorite book in the series because the characters and themes mesh so well. The characters have become my friends and thematically the novel examines issues of faith and justice, both personal and social. These are core issues in any consideration of the human condition, and they seemed like a natural … Read moreFinally! An Uninvited Quest