BOO!

remember that 90's radio band toad the wet sprocket?
last evening we had the pleasure of hearing glen phillips and his acoustic guitar at our little local coffee house. im sure a few of you can hum a few bars of "walk on the ocean" or, "fall down".

Jump back, got to get out of here
Been too long this time
Jump back, got to get out of here
When will we fall down?

She hates her life
She hates her skin
She even hates her friends
Tries to hold on to all the reputations she can't mend
And there's some chance that we could fail
But the last time someone was always there for bail
When will we fall down?

it was really quite lovely and he seems like such a nice chap, we were tempted to bring him home with us and cook him dinner. i wanted to bring the camera and snap a few photos, but i've never been comfortable with that small-crowd-photo-snapping kind of thing. it seems intrusive to me.

winter is here full swing here, after all it is halloween and from what the locals tell us, no halloween would be complete without frigid temperatures and snow. we've got both.
we've also got some resident moose who seem to be right at home on our hill. they had the place to themselves last winter and now are probably wondering who said we might live here too. so far we are all getting along, but we need to stay mindful of graham, our old man pooch who doesnt hear or see so well now.

the trick or treat excitement is building. i dont think we'll get away with hiding the candy after jade collects his loot this year.

the joy of sox

i've just returned from a wonderful weekend in colorado and here i am reveling in the red sox victory tonight. what a traitor i am, living there for so many years and rooting for the sox. as any new englander can attest, once a fan, always a fan.

i had an amazing time in beautiful colorado. 70 degree days with the exception of one.
sunny, sunny skies. i drank it up, the sun and the martinis that is. never had a martini before. i do like olives.

i miss all you people and had a blast seeing each and every one of you. trip highlights include that chilly bike ride at midnight, shopping like a professional, dancing to the old time sounds of rodney james and the blue flames, hanging at the poudre, last call in denver while listening to widespread panic, that decadent dinner in boulder and getting locked in at elliots at 2:30 am.
geeze, you'd think i was 25.
the beautiful boy pictured here is my godson. i was there when he was born and as you can see, he loves me. (:

winter has arrived at my alaskan home. snowpacked roads and moose in the yard. what a difference a day makes.

oh, we heard david grisman is playing at the beartooth theater next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yippee for us!!!!!!!

heavy sigh

i am an uninspired blogger. kind of like mid october, feels to me right now- uninspiring.

i am reading eat pray love and enjoying it very much. its rekindling tiny little sparks of desire to find some way to live outside of the states for a year or so, learning a new language and way of life. i want to live where buildings are ancient and you can nap without guilt and you get 5 weeks of holiday each year.

its been a crazy couple of weeks at the clinic with my colleague on vacation. im feeling a tiny bit crispy- nothing a trip back home to see all my favorite witches wont cure. its slated to be a sunny 71 degrees on saturday and i am so in need of this vitamin d and girlfriend fix.
hoooray for stacked up airline miles, for spontaneity and for the ability to do it just because i want to.

seattle

fly- by- the- seat- of -your- pants.
thats what i say.

when the alaskan airlines website showed indeed there was one mileage ticket to seattle for a mere $5 handling fee and, the said flight was scheduled to depart with perfect timing to hop a car to the home of a dear friend from high school, with still more time to catch a nice dinner and gossip about our recent 20th (god, yes 20th) high school reunion, and then get on down to the beautiful paramount theatre to see one of my favorite bands, widespread panic, well... what was a girl to do?? i ask you, what could i have done but pack my toothbrush and go?

30 hours later, here i am back at home with my family, tired and satisfied!

aint life grand?

i read banned books

do you?

help protect your first amendment right by heading on over to your favorite bookstore or library this week in support of banned book week.
here's the list of the current 100 challenged or banned books.
can you believe it??

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
19. Sex by Madonna
20. Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
32. Blubber by Judy Blume
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
61. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
77. Carrie by Stephen King
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
88. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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fleeting

this photo was taken as the sun rose on one of the few nice days we've had lately.
its been drizzly and cool with temperatures in the mid 40s since then. you can see the termination dust like frosting on government peak.

i am ready. bring it on.
i think by this time last year we had already had our first snow.

most of the leaves have fallen over the past few days. there are still a stubborn few hanging on. our house, hidden from view all summer, now sticks out boldly on the hill.

the fam and i went on a bike ride through the neighborhood the other night and as we rode by a neighbors house someone yelled out "watch out for the moose!"
now thats something you don't hear every day.
up ahead of us was mama moose and her babe standing right in the middle of the road. needless to say, we opted to ride the other way.

the snow line is creeping down the mountains surrounding this beautiful valley. time to dust off the skis and skates.
like it or not, winters coming.