Not in the Alps, but still woke up to this! It is very rural here, and the crossing into Switzerland across the Doubs River was remote and mysterious, with snow…

I don’t think Janet and I are cool in Virginia. After a pleasant drive up the Shenandoah Valley, I thought we might cut over and head east again, after first…

Nothing is as it seems–nor is it otherwise. Someone once told me the latter half of that phrase was a Zen koan. I can’t corroborate that. But after spending over…

Summer stayed late this year… …and in the month since I returned from Brittany I’ve been profiting from the pleasant temperatures to get to know my town and its people…