I was back in Hartford, my hometown, this weekend.   It really feels like fall in Connecticut now.  Brisk temperatures. A dampness to the a...

Tra-la, the pattern for the Lotus Shawl is now available on Ravelry ! The Lotus Shawl is a triangular shawl with a lush and dramatic ...

Sitting in the United lounge now in Chicago. Gives me a chance to reflect on the weekend. I was happily home in Phoenix, home for my dose o...

September now.  Swept in with such speed. Last you heard I was still in Taos, but by now that was weeks ago.   We had just one fi...

When you drive north from Taos, north across the flat sagebrush-covered plateau that seems to stretch to the horizon, you suddenly come acr...

Sunday afternoon.  Partly cloudy.  Crisp air. We went for a hike up Wheeler Peak.   At 13,161 feet it's a majestic mountain, the highes...

Taos, New Mexico.  High desert heaven. 

A few nights ago -- on the night of the full moon -- we said goodbye to Sedona.  We hiked up to an overlook just above where we were stayin...