't'was a fine and windy autumn day. and so, we took a walk.  [pintō took off running. said she couldn't wait for us......] ********** it's a good life.  ******      

  i need to get myself in gear and be more active. summer really kicked my ass hard, and now that all that is over and done with, it's time for winter activity. i need to find excitement, and right now, i just don't have it. i'm sure it will come, however.…

  it was our first sutton library book club meeting without her as our librarian. however, she returned to read to us for our premier meeting of the season. in true fashion, her beautifully bouyant reading voice shone through, and the four of us laughed together, pensed and pondered together, and thoroughly enjoyed the little…

  ....and immediately afterwards, ziggy got a bath and shampoo. **********

  and so it goes. our last night of our epic dalton highway roadtrip was spent close to home. imagine that. * i have promised milo roadcat jones a night together in the rollee home. just me 'n' him. hopefully soon i can follow through...... **********    

  there were many goals and plans for this trip. one of them was for me to pee in the yukon river. you see, there's this old alaskan legend that to become a sourdough and no longer be of cheechako status, one must kiss an eskimo, eat muktuk, and pee in the yukon…

  me 'n' milo, reading and checking the milepost. ziggy was always displeased when i had my nose in the milepost because i wasn't paying attention to him. but, milo?? - he needed to know where we were at all times and when was the next time he could get out…

    i am gonna make it easy on mister jones this year when he asks what do you want for your birthday? a year's pass to the anchorage museum.     

    once a year arctic fires bronze sculptureworks hosts art on fire at wasilla museum of transportation. mister jones attends blacksmithing meetings at the shop owned by artist patrick garley and he asked me to come see what happens at an iron pour. fascinating work, this breaking cast iron into workable pieces, feeding them into the fiery cauldron, waiting…

    • early morning practice: sitting and writing and reading. changes are happening. within and with out. i will here forward always forever never be the same as i was. once a body sees the change, it is a conscious decision to change. or stay the same. where the…