Summer and the Recovery Moon Kate’s recovery sped up during the Recovery Moon. Yesterday she went with me to the grocery store to pick up a few items. First time in a year or so. She’s doing all the clean … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon Speculating further after my post on Wild, Wildness, Wilderness. Wilderness is a place where humans rarely go, a place where the ebb and flow of life depends on plants and animals, not the artifice of … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon The wind blew up last night as the sun set. With it came the yellow cloud, lodgepole pine pollen. The yellowness, which looked like smoke, refracted the deep reds of the evening sky. Coulda been … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon Jimmy Johnson. Woolly, artist, designer, wayfinder, South Dakotan. He emphasizes an old men’s movement idea, the wild man. Find your inner wildness. Keep it alive. Present. That way our vitality remains. OK. But. Cancer. Is … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon Kate’s recovery continues to go well. She drove the half hour to PetSmart and picked up Kep yesterday. I took him in on my way to the Cyber Knife. She’ll also drive Mary to the … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon The glacier is gone. I looked out the window and where, yesterday, there had been a small glacier, the hillside was clear. My heart sank. Later, I would tell friends it was gone. And cry. … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon It’s family week on Shadow Mountain. Mary is here, arriving Tuesday night from Minneapolis, heading out tomorrow for Minneapolis to see her friend Debbie in Eau Claire. After a brief stop in Indiana, she heads … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon The weather here has veered back toward seasonal norms and will continue warm to hot. Hard to say when the next snowfall might be. Gabe found the antler. A very excited 11 year old. He … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon Week two began with the Grateful Dead. Sugar Magnolia, then Fire on the Mountain. Today, the Doors. Gonna ask Nicky today what’s most requested. My bet is country. Finding my rhythm with the bladder. Came … Continue reading
Summer and the Recovery Moon And, summer. A warm week ahead. Of course. Mountain weather. Great sleeping. My first weekend respite from the radiation is over. It’s off to Lone Tree and Anova around 11:10 or so. Have to get … Continue reading