Three O’Clock Breeze

I’ve spent this Memorial Day opening our place up in Montana.  It’s not a tough job and I get more than a few of hours of time enjoying the lake, learning how successful the resident loons have been in building and maintaining its nest, exploring the logging roads and being continually amazed by the views [...]

Phillipsburg

The Autumn before my Father died, we visited Phillipsburg, Montana. That previous Summer, before the surgery that left him unable to speak, my Dad had mentioned that his father had taken him to Phillipsburg and he wanted to see if he could recognize the place.  So, on a bright Fall morning, my Mom, my Dad [...]

Anchovies and Ashwater

A year back, I  took a trip to Spain with my family.  It was our first time there and we spent our time in the Andalucia portion of Spain — Granada, Sevilla, Cordoba, Ronda — which is an area marked with the history of the Moors and the beginnings of a united Spanish kingdom. I [...]

Bugs on a windshield

I got lost in San Antonio.
A while back, during a conference, I had a few hours to kill and a rental car. I looked at a map, saw a road called “Scenic Loop”, and took it.  It was a pretty drive, through mesquite and past riding stables.  I then took a right turn away from [...]