Month: August 2011

Celebrating a birthday…and a blog

“If you’re going to try, go all the way./otherwise, don’t even start.” The words – from Charles Bukowski’s thrilling poem, “Roll the Dice” — cut sharp and deep and they loom, and if you have things you want to do, keep the words in mind to set a fire lapping […]

Weaving a lattice for a dried cherry pie

Lest you all begin to sniff that writing about a cherry pie in August (that was actually made in late July) is a tad off-season (and I can hear you sniffing, so don’t pretend you are not), let me tell you a little of how the Siouan peoples described a […]