claudia's surf city

  Other than seeing friends (about which more later) and the food, my favorite thing about coming home has been seeing the rainbows thrown b...

  Road conditions: Tis the season of brave, breeding or bosky box turtles, of definitely dead skunks, of active squirrels and, sadly, inacti...

  So today is Isaac's birthday. And also the first day of school. The Program made a film of Isaac. You can watch it here on You Tube.

Someone who knows cars would have to tell me when the black and white was taken. The color was taken about 15 minutes ago. Yes the place on ...

Yesterday my new swimming hole partner and I went to Blue Spring. The spring actually comes out of a cave to the right of this frame, so the...

  Ozarks swimming holes are something special. The water is cool—but not the icy New England water—clear, and moving pretty fast. But even a...

  Chien-Chi is in Ukraine again, presumably en route to Donetsk today, where he will be embedded with the Ukrainian army. Both Ed and I thin...

I was sitting at Gary's Tire in West Plains, Mo. I was sitting there for three hours, and I began listening to two men talking to one an...

  The class of 1972 was asked to contribute to a reunion book with an emphasis on Vassar and how the college contributed to your life. I did...

  Two rivers converge just east of Thomasville. The above is looking at the Middle Fork downstream on Friday and Saturday. Same view; differ...

  The boat is in the water, and Captain Hannah is at the helm. They are constrained by the tides—too high or too low and they can't get ...

  The river was low at Rockbridge, but there was still enough water to catch a few trout. It is a trout farm and trout restaurant, after all...

“You be careful now!”     This is something people here in the Ozarks say instead of goodbye or see you later. I’ve nev...

I moved here because of the people and the rivers. But I haven't been to a great swimming hole since I got here almost a month ago and w...

I have mostly stopped buying art the way I used to when I was young and employed and in acquisition mode. So these days my main supplier is ...

It’s ratatouille season again!   I haul out whatever is in the fridge that I get from Mary's farm—yellow squash, ...

The Tree is dead. Long live the Tree! Here is the promised happy ending: Cat and I decided to make the tree stump into outdoor furniture.   ...