It is a chilly bright blue morning up here. The wood fire is almost out. I looked and there was a big... Read More

Has winter broken? Has the fever broken? I am at a hotel. For the first time in over a year... Read More

It is September. There have been some cool days. The nights are certainly cool... Read More

Happy Valentines Day 2020! Up on the mountain, the emerald shoots of thousands of daffodils... Read More

In one of the earliest book stories, I described one of my main duties here as being like the scene in an old I Love Lucy TV show... Read More

Day 2. Sunday. My only firm plan for the whole trip was to make the long excursion to Protestant Cemetery... Read More