Over at Murderati, a sort of New Year's mantra formed yesterday, one I like so much I've adopted it as my own for 2008. Write More. ...

And thunders. And lightnings. We have rivers running through the front field. And guess what? I'm the mom of a teenager!

We've suddenly got rainfall, days of it, at year's end, as though the earth and sky are playing catch up. I'd forgotten how muck...

We've spent the day together but now everyone has wandered off to their own pursuits. Daughter to her art studio where she is enjoying n...

This year, it was ravens in the barn and a baby raccoon in the paddock. For whatever reason, I found myself writing about both those things ...