Short stories are so much fun. We engage the story in medias res (English major term for “in the midst of things”) and get a quick and intense view of people in the middle of life’s problems. As an English Major my favorite classroom course was a six week winter class on Southern short stories –… Continue reading Reading Report – Southern Short Stories (Mostly)
Month: October 2015
Where The Freeways Don’t Go – Arches National Park and CanyonLands
September 16-17, 2015 After spending the afternoon in Monument Valley we pulled into Moab, Utah hungry and ready for a rest. We found the Blu Pig barbecue joint sharing the parking lot with our hotel – La Quinta. Carla and I shared a plate of burnt ends with a side of gumbo. Delicious! We don’t normally… Continue reading Where The Freeways Don’t Go – Arches National Park and CanyonLands
Book Report – Moby Dick
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Call Me Ishmael”: one of the most famous opening lines of any novel is spoken by the only survivor of a long hunt for Moby Dick – the White Whale. This epic tale of whaling, revenge, and fate works on multiple levels.… Continue reading Book Report – Moby Dick
Where The Freeways Don’t Go – Monument Valley
I broke my leg earlier this week, being clumsy. I was walking on the pathway to our side yard where the garbage cans are. On the way to take out the garbage I looked over at our neighbors insane Halloween yard decorations; my left foot slipped off the walkway and on the way down my… Continue reading Where The Freeways Don’t Go – Monument Valley
Where The Freeways Don’t Go – Canyon De Chelly
September 14-15, 2015 We had a wonderful two nights staying with my Uncle and Aunt in Cottonwood. We went through some Baker/Seese family letters one night; that prompted me to finally write my memory of my Grandpa Hazle Howard Baker. On our way back north we joined Uncle Jake and Aunt Sally in attending a… Continue reading Where The Freeways Don’t Go – Canyon De Chelly
