Monthly Archives: October 2005

Claire had a private training lesson yesterday at PetSmart. Sean Blocker, the lanky and personable young Senior Pet Training Instructor, listened to Darlene’s concerns about how much Claire is barking lately and noted that, in dog days, she is in … Continue reading →

From left: Ming Luke, assistant conductor of the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra; Margo Aragon, TV host in Lewiston, Idaho, and WESTAF trustee; Samuel Aguiar Iniguez of Sacramento, English teacher, film maker, poet, rapper, photographer, and playwright; and Tatiana Reinoza, artist and … Continue reading →

The Board of Trustees of the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) is a remarkable group. We met yesterday in the new Denver opera house, a $75 million renovation project in the middle of our vibrant complex of theaters, the Denver … Continue reading →

It is a challenge writing a blog entry with Claire on the desk. But I forgive her, because she submitted to a fruitful photo session. Here she is posing next to a copy of The Journals of John Cheever, a … Continue reading →

Louie Kistler is one of my oldest friends from Casper, Wyoming. We met in a creative writing class where he pissed me off with an crisp critique of a piece I’d just FedExed to The New Yorker, I was so … Continue reading →

This view of the main floor of the Harvard Coop is a suitable icon for our stay in Cambridge, which concluded last night with the grueling JetBlue flight to Denver. We flopped into bed at about 2 a.m. Not enough … Continue reading →

The Little House hosted a big event last night, “Sibling Poetry: A Brother-Sister Conversation in Poems.” My sister and I read 20 poems to an audience of just under 20 people, which nicely filled out the available seating in the … Continue reading →

My father and mother pause for a photo op on their slow walk through Harvard’s Memorial Church on their way to Morning Prayers in Appleton Chapel. They look like mighty distinguished personages in this setting and in most others. My … Continue reading →

Dawn at Ocean Park, Maine, from the porch of Twin Gables. Send to KindleTweet

Steve Foss, a 10th-generation Mainer, works on a harness for Claire yesterday in South Portland. Steve has his business, the Shoestring Exchange, in his garage at 32 Fickett Street. He shouted upstairs in Spanish for his wife, Daisy, to come … Continue reading →