Monthly Archives: October 2023

Finding Forster

In 2011, I perused the Modern Library’s listing of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. Upon finding that I had only read 10 on the board’s list, I decided to read Nabokov’s Lolita and Lowry’s Under the Volcano. … Continue reading

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Westward Ho! Manitou Springs

June 17-20, 2023 | Photo Album Manitou Springs, Colorado is a two-hour drive north on Interstate 25 from Trinidad. Our journey was enlivened by storms. We zipped through Walsenburg, where we have stopped and stayed a few times over the … Continue reading

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Westward Ho! Trinidad

June 16-17, 2023 | Photo Album There are two roads from Santa Fe to Taos. Each begins in Española, a 30-minute drive north of Santa Fe. The high road is more scenic, winding through the Sangre De Cristo mountains for … Continue reading

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A Port in a Storm

October 4, 2023 During my Sunday morning walk, I was listening to Richard Osman’s second Thursday Murder Club book, The Man Who Died Twice. A character remarked: …it really is very pretty here in the dark. There are a few … Continue reading

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