Pip is full of self-will—one of the reasons we get on so well—and likes to dictate as much of his life as he can.
Christmas Miracle: Pip Is Completely Recovered!
It took six weeks and three trips to the vet after his savage attack but we just took the first hike since that happened…
Kindness
Such a bland word, and I haven’t always appreciated its value, assuming that kindness is just one of our many gifts as human beings.
Who Left the Prayerbook by the Road?
Looking at it closely, I saw that it had been much used, the gilt on the edges of the pages half worn off, the pages themselves, thin as onion skin, dry and vulnerable.
Black Canyon
One of the many blessings of my life is the trail system in Hyde Park which starts about ten miles north of my house.
Gold
At this time of year and on till the end of October, the hills around Santa Fe are heavy with gold hunters, carloads of people who want to look at the gold leaves on the Aspens.
The Good News
We’re learning—in small towns, in countries, in continents—the lessons we desperately need if we are going to survive… not only this crisis, but the far greater looming crisis of global climate disruption.
Dogs of Santa Fe
We love dogs, we spoil dogs, sometimes we give dogs the love we can no longer afford to give human beings, after so many losses and disappointments.
Pip in Winter
My black dog Pip, now three and a half years old, fears not cold, snow or rain. For him it is all an adventure.
The Santa Fe National Forest Has Closed
We don’t know how to behave in the woods.