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Because Denver.
Housekeeping: a new tag, “because Denver,” which may be pretty self-explanatory to my friends who live here, but may not be so to readers from elsewhere. This city makes me shake my head and laugh...
View ArticleRestaurant roundup: March/April
I may find myself resorting to taking a snapshot of every restaurant that I pass and think “oh, I should try that!,” posting them on the dart board, and throwing darts as an approach to picking a place...
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Friday Gallery: Exploring with Zelda
This is Zelda. Zelda is half Belgian Malinois, half terrier mutt mix. (Because Malinois aren’t intense enough.) If you do a YouTube search on the breed, 90% of the videos are about training, and most...
View ArticleDunbar’s number, small towns, and recurring characters
I have now twice written a former secondary antagonist into a new story as a reluctant ally. The awkward tension that occurs around these situations is fun to write; one of the things that’s...
View ArticleReceived memory II: history, sympathy, and bias
The thing about writing historical fiction is that you start to know the real, living historical people that you study, in much the same way that you start to know the fictional characters you’ve...
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Friday Gallery: Colorado State Capitol
Following on from my previous post: all pictures. After all my impromptu Civic Center shoots, finally some interior views! I gave up and declared the charger for my good DSLR camera lost in the move...
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Friday Gallery: Deep summer.
This week, one intentional shoot – lovely long walk all the way around Kountze Lake, the lake in the park behind the library – and a smattering of spontaneous snapshots. A little breathing room in an...
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Friday Gallery: Autumn descending
Denver is BEAUTIFUL. This city endlessly surprises me.
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Friday Gallery: Autumn on the lake
I’ve been wanting to spend some time on the lake for a couple of weeks now, since the colors started turning. I have no love for 4-8 shifts – it seems like such a waste, cutting short what may as well...
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What I’m reading: conservation, place, class, identity
Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland (2016) / Miriam Horn Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (2016) / J. D. Vance Shepherds of Coyote...
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