Saturday, December 25, 2021

Heroic Reading!

 






Thank you, 

Beowulf-poet, 

Gawain-poet, 

and Poul Anderson.

Scottish Staples

 


From The Junket, by the way, a lovely local deli.

Lady and Captain

 





Thursday, December 23, 2021

Medieval Horror

 Evening reading:





Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Shelf Life

 

Visual aids.


Literary military support.


Monday, December 20, 2021

A Pleasure of Its Own

 


Rereading.

But you knew that.


Pat Barker's "The Women of Troy": We begin with the Horse . . . .

 


Book just picked up from my favorite independent bookstore:
Pegasus On Solano.





Sunday, December 19, 2021

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Reading Around

 



Green Man

 



"Two for Mirth"

 


Nostalgia beckons.

Lead figurines from the 1970s.

All hail Dungeons & Dragons and heroic fantasy!


Thursday, December 16, 2021

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Reading Around (Especially Solnit on Orwell)

 



Rainy Morning with Cats



Captain; first cup of tea.


Lady.

Captain; second cup of tea.



Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Let's Go Diving

 


Obviously, we are in the water now.

2017: Sonoma County Coast

Northern California

Looking North

 


Soberanes Point

Big Sur

Years and years ago.

Monday, December 6, 2021

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Friday, November 26, 2021

A Trip to the Bookstore

 






Pegasus-on-Solano, by the way.

Tell them I sent you.

You won't get a discount, but we will both earn smiles.


Thursday, November 25, 2021

Sun-Seekers

 





A Remnant of My Childhood

 


The Pilgrim
Cork, paper, and colors.


Rereading an Old Favorite

 


The heroic version -- 
and then the breakfast version:



Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Friday, November 12, 2021

Friday, November 5, 2021

Anchor-Out

 


There was a jaunty black cat on that boat -- captain or crew? -- but I was too far away to catch the feline on film.

Morning paddle.

Richardson Bay.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Sunday, October 31, 2021