We have had an inversion for the past several weeks leaving the land trapped in a time warp of frozen fog.  Ice hangs from trees and barb wire fences, crystal weeds and crunchy white snow resist the sippid looking orangish sunlight. I can't see the mountains anymore and the novelty of waking to an icey postcard is getting old.  Carrying water to the horse troughs because the heat wrapped spiggets are frozen up is not fun either, nor is driving on ice...a tedious and daring adventure. Keeping the wood stove constantly going is a pain in the glutimas maximas (yes I am a terrible speller and their is no spell check on this site)as well and I won

Photography became apealing to me when I realized that I needed a witness...For what?  Perhaps for the brief moments when I understood that this minute in time will never be repeated. Weather it was an adventure, a scene, a person or a special look.  With a camera, I snap the shutter, capture a memory and squeeze it into a tiny box to be extracted at my leisure!  What an amazing bit of technology! The miracle is that not everyone is doing this.  I want to say "Hello! Are you out there? Don't you realize that in thirty seconds you will be as old as your mother?  Life does not stand still (unless your in the military or behind bars)!  We all ne

It's almost the first day of 2013.  The end of the world came and went and my life, loves, challenges and successes didn't end.  I feel that each day is a new beginning. Right now at this minute, I am here, you are here. If I close my eyes, I can see my daugter and her children stretched out all over my house, tired from a long bus ride, snow on my back step and animals braving the outside elements.  It's quiet in the country, gives me much time to think and be grateful.  Blessings to all :)