Still Blathering On

I am dedicating this new blog to my mother's mother, my grandma Ethel, and to my father's big sister, Mary. Neither of these good women are still on the planet in the way that you and I are. But the longer I stay alive, the more I realize the ways in which I take after each of them, and the deeper is my gratitude to them both.

They patrol the circle around me, two very different guardians of my mind and heart, of my craft, of my love of history and music and art, and of my beloved family both Here and There.

They are the crows that will not abandon the scarecrow, but sit, right and left shoulder, watching out for me, ruffling their feathers, and transferring priceless information from beak to ear.

The other thing you should know about this blog, is that I'm writing it just the way I feel its rhythm. Attention will, of course, be paid to spelling, but I'm thinking not to censor quite so much as I usually do.

As for you, if you'd like to read the blog, just go with it. And please take a look at the pictures. If I set this thing up correctly, pictures will be larger when you click on them and they reopen....maybe in Picasa!...for you to see more clearly.