Dispatch from Macheros, Michoacán

I spent a few weeks in Mexico last month and had the privelege to visit the forested mountains on the border between the states of Michoacán and Mexico. It was early December and millions of monarch butterflies had just arrived there from all the eastern half of North America to roost for the winter. They…

A Year in Reading – Part III

  Spring into Never Summer I. In early June, the school year ended and I bid farewell to the windswept prairie outside Vista Academy and the quiet paths along Sand Creek.  My idea to aimlessly tour the western United States via bicycle was quashed for the time being by some lingering hip issues so I…

A Year in Reading – Part II

Spring I. As it warmed up and the leaves unfurled from the cottonwoods, I spent more time exploring outside, taking the bike paths south and east through Aurora and west through Denver along Cherry Creek.   I also hit the streets with my fellow citizens as 45's regime took power in Washington.  The marches were…

A Year in Reading – Part I

The following is the first installment of my attempt to consolidate my journal notes from last year (2017)  into something of a coherent story.  It was a year of solitude, wandering, and a fair amount of reading.  My memories of each phase of the year, each place I found myself in, are strongly associated with,…

Lunchtime on the Grand Glaize

It's been well over a week of freezing temperatures here on the banks of Grand Glaize Creek.  This morning I could still make out the little footprints of my nephew in the backyard from when we went romping through the snow on Christmas Eve.  I've been starting to feel some physical effects of cabin fever…