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Category Archives: Land Keeping
Solstice Storm
by Doranna Just in time for solstice, we had an Unexpected Snowstorm of Great Beauty. In fact, as far as I can tell–locally, anyway–only this small area in the windward foothills of the Sandias had the full storm. High desert … Continue reading
Bright Sparkling Sun Drops
by Doranna On occasion, in the middle of an incredibly busy busy-ness, nature stages something so spectacular that you either sit up and take notice, or you regret it. Forever. Even if you are supposed to be working on production … Continue reading
The Taunting Sky
by Doranna It should be, in some fashion, totally illegal for a sky to taunt the way ours has of late. Especially when we’re going on three years of drought, with no measurable precipitation in the past 8 months. (That … Continue reading
Hike-Writing
So, you know, sometimes when it comes to settings for my books, I make things up. No, really! And sometimes I create Tardis-like areas in the middle of real places, and then I make things up, but within those parameters. … Continue reading
Posted in D'Artagnan Beagle, Land Keeping, Writing
Tagged Dart Beagle, happy sigh, land, muse
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The Herding Beagle
by Doranna ConneryBeagle has a Twitter feed (Because of course he does. That boy has been online since the day he came home with me). He doesn’t tweet religiously, since I rarely give up the keyboard, but he likes to … Continue reading
Property Lines are Your Friends
by Doranna Or, how I spent my summer vacation. Or, since I didn’t have a summer vacation, how I spent my weekend. We live in a rugged area of the Sandia Mountain foothills, in a bowl that’s surrounded by a … Continue reading
The Writer, the Scythe, and the Blisters
Sometimes the old ways are best. A scythe doesn’t use gasoline. It doesn’t rev motor engines through the quiet rural morning with the horse chomping hay in the background. It doesn’t take extension cords or fussy line feed. Of course, … Continue reading
Nothing to Do But Shriek
There are certain ingrained important reactions in life. When you look at a baby or a puppy, you go awwwww. When you look at plumber butt-crack, you go ewwww. When there’s a bat swooping frantically through your hallway over your … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Land Keeping, The Arroyo
Tagged adventures, land, New Mexico
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We Don’t Need No Steenkin’ Electricity!
Oh, I am such a fibber. YES WE DO. We especially need electricity on another hot hot hot day after spending the third of three hot hot 12-hour agility trial days running around in endless activity. A brownian motion woman, … Continue reading