Cold Walks

| January 23, 2008

     My walks have been quite chilly lately with temperatures around freezing.  Several days ago there was a heavy frost with some fall of ice pellets, and as often happens here after such weather, it became clear and cold with the frost and ice remaining even though it has been sunny.  The frozen gravel cracks [...]

New Years Day, New Books

| January 2, 2008

     Once again I am reading a novel by Tim Powers.  A new Border’s Book Store opened up nearby, and I found two of his novels that I haven’t read before: The Drawing of the Dark and Three Days to Never.  A few months ago, I talked about reading another of his recent books, Declare, [...]