Wanders & Words
Book reviews, reading lists, and the occasional introspection about life.
. The steady pitter-patter of rain on our concrete patio takes me back to Washington. It’s been dark and gloomy today too, just like the winters there. The first notes of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now carry from the speakers of our Amazon Alexa. “Joni Mitchell taught your cold English wife how to feel,” I…
. The bucket lists started during my first Alaskan winter. That November evening the temperature dropped to negative twenty-five and I became aware this ruthless cold was only the beginning. I sat down in the warmth of our first, tiny apartment and wrote a list of all the places in Alaska I wanted to visit….
