If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least have a talking dog?
Last spring, we moved from a house by the prairie to a house on the lake. It's only three miles door-to-door, so I didn't think the change would affect my birding much. But location matters to the birds as much as it does to us, maybe even more. Living on a lake naturally means that... Continue Reading →
I love to knit, especially when I want to relax or am watching Netflix, but I have been lazy about it. For years, I've made pair after pair of socks from a pattern that I've memorized because they are fast, small, and portable. I know there are other small projects out there, but I resist looking... Continue Reading →
The Harry Potter series is full of big ideas and great advice, which makes for great quotes. This is one of my favorite because it gets at the moral heart of the series: that we must make an effort, possible even make sacrifices, in order to do the right thing. Dark times lie ahead of... Continue Reading →
People often talk about how their pets provide them with companionship, acceptance, and love. But they are capable of teaching us much more than that. This is what my German Shepherd Cora taught me about loneliness. When Cora moved in with me, I was already living with Sherlock and Mycroft, cats from the same litter... Continue Reading →
Kiri Østergaard Leonard is a fantasy illustrator with a lush realism to her work. Most people seeing her paintings would call her talented, but she would argue with that. In her YouTube video on her evolution as an artist, she makes it clear that it isn't talent that enables her to draw and paint so well,... Continue Reading →
