Monthly Archives: February 2024

Hold On

“Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things–childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves–that go on slipping, like sand, through our fingers.”
– Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
So well expressed. I realize that is a large part of my writing- “keeping a hold on the thousand and one things.”

So few photos here. So many more in my heart. More beloved children, friends, family, and all the rest than there is space. But writing provides an opportunity to keep them all.

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Nature Breaks

So grateful to have the opportunity to venture out today, to a place where we encountered only two other vehicles, no power lines, billboards, buildings or pavement. So grateful. Yet my heart worries for the creatures there. Their tenuous freedom. Their beauty. Nature breaks my heart.

Nevada, USA
Open Range
Wild

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