I just drove 1600 miles round trip to pick up and bring home a canoe. This canoe is nothing special to look at: an old beat up aluminum boat. Wooden planks reinforce the thwarts, signs of its years of abuse. Its keel may be broken, resulting in a slow leak. It is a heavy canoe, weighing at least 90 pounds. It is not designed to be carried, and does not have a portage yoke. It Continue Reading
Lessons in Love from “The Vow”
Being sick can be fun. When I am sick, I allow myself to do things I might not otherwise do, like watch silly TV or eat only a brownie for lunch. Unfortunately, this morning I got to take advantage of my sick rules. I woke up in such an allergic state I had hives, and my digestive track was thoroughly unhappy and making its displeasure known. I tried being productive, but it Continue Reading
Family Love, Pirate Style: Examples from The Iron Rose
I was really bad yesterday. I spent the whole day reading Marsha Canham’s The Iron Rose, book two in the Pirate Wolf series. To make my transgression even worse, I had already read the book. I couldn’t even claim that I just wanted to know what happened next. So why did the Iron Rose have such a strong hold on me? Because there is so much love. The Iron Rose is not Continue Reading
