The relationship between cowboys and their horses is, in some way, an ancient tradition. Each man seeks to know his horse, to count on the horse for the cowboy's livelihood and, at times, in the long cattle rides, for survival. But wild horses must also be broken and trained — an arduous task for the […]
Language of Cowboys and Horses I Read More »
In Medieval books, there is almost as much information in the margins as in the text. The art is another coded version of the text that visually expands the discussion if you know the language. But how to read it? That is something I want to learn more about.
Knowledge displayed in the Margins. Read More »
This blog/website combines the various types of my creative work: In the Labyrinth: the main blog for my ongoing writing life, which often includes research notes (easier to find them all in one place), events, books, and essays. Nature and Family: a biographical blog for family, present, and past, both maternal and paternal and contemporary
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That moment when the old and the new seem to speak to each other. It is a wet and cool spring here in Boulder, keeping the blossoms on the trees longer than usual –much to my enjoyment.
A Conversation of Flowers Read More »
My husband and I are preparing for Lent, but we are doing it in a peculiar fashion. After having been on the Keto diet for two months (and losing a combined 40lbs), my husband has discovered the world of keto sweets and non-sugar sweeteners. He ordered several of them, which arrived today — the day
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On the other side of Costa Rica, I discovered another restless forest spirit. On vacation from school, I traveled to Puerto Viejo, a beautiful, small village on the edge the sapphire–colored Caribbean sea. There I met Celia and her sisters living in a house on stilts, wedged between the rain forest and the shore. Between
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With a stable economy, Costa Rica, a country roughly the size of West Virginia, can boast of an abundance of eco–tourists, surf shops, and newly planted Coca–Cola billboards. Natural wonders have made Costa Rica a study destination for biologists and scientists from all over the world. Stretched between the shores of the vast Pacific and
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For eleven years my website has been devoted to my endeavors as an author — the research, books reviews, excerpts from my work and the writing life. And it has been fun writing and publishing a bunch of books, articles, and short fiction. Some of it is available on the website here at In the
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