Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

“woke” is the new caravan.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Nikki Haley, who can’t acknowledge ‘slavery’, is a pathetic shill.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

I am pretty sure Katy Tur wasn’t always such a bootlicking sycophant.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Let’s show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

“And when the Committee says to “report your income,” that could mean anything!

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself. We’re allowed to grow past that.

Please don’t feed the bears.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

If marriage is the equivalent of selling yourself into slavery, women with self respect should reject the offer.

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  5. 5.

    Manyakitty

    Tonight’s coping: homemade macaroni and cheese, paired with plans for a calendar photo shoot of the cats.

  6. 6.

    Frankensteinbeck

    I have gotten exactly one distinct alpha reader comment about the ending of this book. “The Audit is scary.” I have gotten one distinct beta reader comment. “I like Gerty Goat.” This is what it’s like to be an author.

  8. 8.

    burnspbesq

    Dear Mattel,

    You’re not off the hook. A hijabi Barbie based on Ibtihaj Muhammad DOES NOT make up for Man-Bun Ken.

  12. 12.

    TenguPhule

    @burnspbesq:

    A hijabi Barbie based on Ibtihaj Muhammad DOES NOT make up for Man-Bun Ken.

    I could have lived a full life without having to see that.

  13. 13.

    Jack Canuck

    Hot down here in Melbourne: high of 34C today, over 30 predicted for tomorrow. But then it drops back down to 20 or so and starts creeping back up. Summer is coming… Can’t wait for the end of the school year at the start of December, I am so ready for my summer holidays.

  15. 15.

    Mnemosyne

    I just got off the phone with a nice young man from Amtrak who is going to try and alert the crew of the train I’m traveling on Friday to please assign me a window seat so my crutches don’t create a problem for everyone. If they don’t do it, well, then it’s their problem to deal with if my crutches keep falling in the aisle.

    Yes, I’m still going to San Francisco even though I’m still on crutches. Fuckit. I don’t want to miss my Coast Starlight trip.

  18. 18.

    Mnemosyne

    @ruemara:

    If I weren’t on crutches, I would be showing up on your doorstep to snorgle them. I love my adult cats, but I miss the kitten stage.

  19. 19.

    TenguPhule

    @Mnemosyne:

    Yes, I’m still going to San Francisco even though I’m still on crutches. Fuckit.

    Do you have a plan for the hilly parts of the city?

  20. 20.

    Yarrow

    I just had a nice cup of tea and slice of pumpkin bread. I generally hate the pumpkin spice everything this time of year, but a local place makes excellent pumpkin bread and I always treat myself once or twice during the season.

  21. 21.

    Corner Stone

    I’m trying to determine if we want to go somewhere cold and snowy over my son’s Xmas break. Or just stick it out in humidity hollow.

  23. 23.

    Major Major Major Major

    No politics? I’m down.

    I think I’m about 1200 words away from finishing this draft of my novel. Second draft, but a major revision. Then one medium revision and a spit-polish, but this one will be done ANY DAY NOW! Seriously excited. Super happy.

    Also I’ve been tinkering on Pathfork, my writing site. I added autosave and word counts in the last few days.

    @rikyrah: I love leaving home in the light, though. And standard time evening darkness doesn’t really bother me either, for some reason. It’s the savings time october mornings that fry me.

    @Mnemosyne: Ew, you’re just giving Peter Thiel money! :P

    ETA if you’re using a car, though, that means you can visit Samwise!

  25. 25.

    daverave

    Like dlwchico said, intermittent rain. C’mon winter!

    The leaves on the trees have barely started falling here in Sactown. I’ll be raking leaves for the next 8 weeks if my back holds up while my neighbors all have their gardeners mow the lawns that aren’t growing and blowing the leaves back and forth with their infernal leaf machines. Fortunately The Claw has started its yearly rounds to pick up the piles of biomatter in the street.

  28. 28.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    Drizzly here in San Francisco. My HS freshman son had to come home early from school with the sniffles. I told him if he’s too sick for school, he’s too sick to look at his phone – and if he’s well enough for Snapchat, he’s well enough to do homework. World’s Meanest Mom, I is.

  29. 29.

    guachi

    I’m actually excited by some of the Holiday Sales I see dropping into my inbox from my favorite retailers.

    Gonna go broke, I tell you!

  30. 30.

    raven

    From Joan Didion

    A childhood fan of films and John Wayne, she laments that no one ever repeated to her his movie offer to build a spouse a house “at the bend in the river where the cottonwoods grow.”

  34. 34.

    Mary G

    @dlwchico: @ruemara: Kittehs! All gorgeous. Love the name Danger Mouse.

    You all will hate me, but yesterday housemates and I were bitching about how cold it’s gotten, getting out the thicker warmer blankets and closing windows open since March. High today 67, low 53. Sorry, I’m acclimated.

  38. 38.

    Roger Moore

    @philpm:
    They are a hassle, what with the branches that fall off with every wind storm and the fluff and the leaves and whatnot.

  40. 40.

    delk

    17 more days until we close on our new condo. 18 more days until we move. Already bought a new couch and a kitchen table. Can’t believe I’m so happy to have a big enough kitchen to need a kitchen table!

  41. 41.

    Mnemosyne

    @Major Major Major Major:

    We’ll see how it goes. Since some people don’t check their email, I’ve been kicking around some ideas about what to do with my day. The California Academy of Sciences has wheelchairs that can be borrowed, but they’re a bit pricy.

  44. 44.

    Yarrow

    I need a vegetable side dish to take to a very early Thanksgiving dinner this week. It can’t be green beans or Brussels sprouts. It needs to be something I can make ahead and something that can sit if necessary, not something that has to be pulled out of the oven at the last minute. Relatively easy and not too time consuming to make would be good. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it.

  45. 45.

    philpm

    @Roger Moore: The branches are the worst. I’ve lost a car to one, and had a dead cottonwood that we were getting ready to remove come down and hit the house, knocking out our power and leaving us in a hotel for two months.

  46. 46.

    Jeffro

    No politics = I’m down with that.

    Btw saw “Hamlet” last night and while I already knew it was the origin of several familiar English phrases, I had no idea that calling someone “a piece of work” came from it. (Perhaps this was not in the Cliff’s Notes version I read back in high school?) How about that? You really do learn something new every day…

  48. 48.

    Corner Stone

    @Yarrow: Something in NA is most likely. I had to stop skiing and he’s never had any interest. Really more about the break from a high in the 80’s here around Xmas. And to get out of doing anything like family congregating.

  54. 54.

    Brachiator

    No politics, eh. I posted a version of this before, but I’m still trying to help this little movie that a few people may have seen.

    SPOILER FREE review of “Thor Ragnarok.” The new Thor movie is a thoroughly enjoyable hoot. It is infused throughout with the comic sensibility of director Taika Waititi, a New Zealand director of Maori and Jewish descent. And yeah you should go look up all his other films. It says much that Marvel has banked so much success from their previous films that they felt that they could let this director stretch the standard comic book formula and not fear losing fans (except for a few grinches). And they were right. This Thor is not comical in the same way as are the two Guardian films. There is something in the tone that is distinctly non-American and nonwhite. And it is not just because the director is from New Zealand or that he uses some Kiwi actors he has worked with before. It’s how he approaches the characters and the universe he has built. Waititi has said that one character is based on New Zealand bouncers, big guys who always speak softly. And his own special Aussie and Kiwi Easter eggs sprinkled throughout the movie includes a spaceship whose colors are based on an Australian aboriginal flag.

    This all works because it helps make the two main worlds of the film, a gladiator planet and Thor’s home world, feel just a little more quirky, unusual and alien. And the way the humor is used makes you pay extra attention to the action and exposition, because you never know what’s coming next. By contrast, in the second Guardians movie you kinda knew when a gag was being set up and there was a predictable rhythm to how gags were played out.

    There are two main storylines, and the narratives are clearly told. You always know what is at stake. And the cast is fun. Thor is back, as is Loki, Heimdall, Odin and the Hulk. New characters are engaging, especially Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie, who is big fun and has a tremendous physical presence. And the chief antagonists, played by Jeff Goldblum and Cate Blanchett are great, especially because they don’t have to act underneath tons of makeup. It also helps tremendously that the main baddie is not Anonymous CGI Monster Number 4. I overheard some guys saying that they were surprised that Chris Hemsworth had such good comic timing, but they clearly had not seen his hilarious turn in the “Ghostbusters” reboot.

    But Taika does not neglect the narrative demands of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). There are sly connections to earlier Thor and Avengers movies, although I think that attentive moviegoers could easily enjoy this as a standalone film. The production design and photography are vibrant and colorful and some of the costume design and creature makeup effects are clearly smart nods to Marvel Comic Artist Supreme Jack Kirby. And yeah, there is the inevitable bits that are a setup for a future Marvel movie, but this is still a coherent, unified film, and not just a part of a gigantic serialized blockbuster.

    So, good action, good story, good fun.

    It also was a welcome distraction from politics. I’ve heard from some that it really pops in 3D, but a standard screen was good enough. The musical score is one of Marvel’s better efforts.

  57. 57.

    Roger Moore

    @Yarrow:
    I recommend roasted winter vegetables. Cut up a bunch of winter squash, carrots, parsnips, and the like into roughly equal sized pieces. Toss with salt and olive oil. If you want to get fancy, you can add some herbs like sage and rosemary. Place in a single layer in an oven-safe dish/cookie sheet and roast at 400°F for 1 hour. They re-heat nicely in the microwave, so you can even prepare them the day before and nuke them before serving. They’re even OK cold.

  59. 59.

    dexwood

    Old cottonwoods are really majestic in the Fall. To see them glowing in the bosque every October makes you stop and pay attention. Over the years, old neighborhoods here have been cutting down established trees in yards and that has really changed some familiar street profiles. As the town grew, early on, people wanted these beautiful trees around their new homes. Cottonwoods run deep and like water. They aren’t shy about damaging household water supply lines and sewer pipes to get it. Vast plumbing empires have been built upon the replacements of those pipes from the Valley to the Heights. Don’t get me started on the fucking elms.

  60. 60.

    Central Planning

    Just got back from rowing. Missed the past 2 months due to work commitments. This is indoor, not on the Erie Canal (on the water is always better. ROWING. IS. AWESOME.

  64. 64.

    WaterGirl

    @Frankensteinbeck: Can I vent for a minute? I send all my colorado christmas gifts to my sister and she distributes them to the 4 different households. I sent Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m a Supervillain for my niece who is 13. I sent your book to another niece when she was 13 and she loved it. My sister texted me:

    That book for (I’ll call her Alice) won’t work. Alice’s mom is trying to teach her daughter not to keep secrets, so that won’t work. PLUS, the story is very dark.

    I was furious! (This is my religious sister who voted for Trump because Hillary kills unborn babies.)

  66. 66.

    Suzanne

    Spawn was released from the hospital today. She is currently upstairs in her room, reunited with her phone, catching up on all of the Snapchat and group text that she missed out on for the last week and a half. Crossing my fingers, toes, ears, eyes, ass cheeks, WHATEVER that things look up from here.

    I mostly cleaned up my room. That feels nice.

  69. 69.

    Eric S.

    40 degrees and getting warmer.

    Here’s a random one for you. I fully know and am aware of the differences between there / their / they’re. However, when typing out some thoughts on the fly I very often use the wrong word. (I never accidently type they’re.) What’s the explanation for this?

    See also your / you’re and its/it’s.

  71. 71.

    Corner Stone

    @Steeplejack: I did, especially the very end when she was like, “What am I, chopped liver?” when Ari tried to make her a sidekick for Velshi.
    Not a fan of the Sgt Pepper outfit, however. I also didn’t like the argument that “both things can be true”.
    But, yeah. Her, “I ain’t takin’ no shit from you” has been maturing over the last year.

    ETA, I didn’t think it was specifically political.

  76. 76.

    Ruckus

    @Mnemosyne:
    Oh I know it is. Far, far, far better than the inland route. I know because I’ve taken it before. About 60 yrs ago. But getting to Santa Rosa becomes an issue. And the amount of travel time is far longer.

  81. 81.

    David Anderson

    I need a recommendation of a simple place to take my wife out to dinner on Friday night somewhere in Chapel Hill/carrboro

  82. 82.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Yarrow: We went to Iceland in February. It was fascinating, and not as cold as you’d think. But it was also about 15 years ago, and from what I hear, Iceland is really swarming with tourists these days.

    For the travel-trivia buffs, there are reportedly geysers in four locations in the world. I have been to three. The fourth, from what i understand, is some almost inaccessible valley in the Kamchatka peninsula.

  83. 83.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @WaterGirl:
    …dark? I actually am stunned any time anyone of any conservative bent likes those books. They are deliberately morally relativistic. They are ABOUT how complicated and hard to define who the good guy is sometimes. But dark?

  89. 89.

    Gin & Tonic

    @David Anderson: Not quite Chapel Hill, but I used to have business in Raleigh years ago, and ended up at Margaux’s often, and really enjoyed it. 8111 Creedmoor – don’t know if you want to drive that far. Sorry, haven’t been to the triangle in many moons.

  90. 90.

    BruceJ

    The first yellowed leaves appeared on one of my mesquite foundlings. Then again, it was nearly 95 just couple days ago here in Baja Arizona. Sigh. I remember November here being sweats and flannel shirts weather.

  95. 95.

    Josie

    I’ve been fighting writer’s block for about a month or so. Today I decided to sit down and write something for an hour, even if it was stupid and/or terrible. Four hours later, I had actually conquered a section of my book that was giving me headaches. So I’m actually feeling pretty good, as long as i don’t think about politics. Walking every morning is starting to pay off. Tomorrow I have promised myself another hour of writing, at the very least.

  100. 100.

    WaterGirl

    @Frankensteinbeck: Yeah, I wondered how many words she had to read before she came to that conclusion. Unbelievable!

    Part 2 of the story is the replacement gift I sent. I sent one of those murder mastery puzzles (one that looked really tame) and my sister told me that she (my sister) gave it away to someone else because THAT wasn’t suitable for my niece. (Her granddaughter.) My sister is now purchasing some gift for my niece that she (my sister) approves of, and that will be given in my name. (At this point I am livid!) So I guess you have to consider the source on “dark”.

    I am now considering a $5 gift card for my niece next year because I am so pissed, but of course that wouldn’t be fair to my niece, so I’m not really considering it. (great-niece, technically) Needless to say, no gift for anyone else EVER will be sent through my sister.

  101. 101.

    chopper

    this is a good amount of wind. and I have like 50 trees on this property so it’s getting real here.

  102. 102.

    Major Major Major Major

    @WaterGirl: sort of? I guess we’ll find out.

    @Eric S.: well, spelling is another layer of abstraction away from meaning, on top of the word itself which is usually gleanable by context. The part of your brain that’s producing the word isn’t thinking about much other than, well, producing the word. The spelling is extrinsic from that. Ish.

  104. 104.

    Steeplejack

    @Yarrow:

    What about sweet potatoes? Wait, hear me out. No marshmallows!

    Last year I made a sort of “adult” sweet potato casserole. Yes, it’s a lesser side dish, and people will want smaller portions, so I just made it in an 8" x 8" casserole, but it turned out really well. It wasn’t too sweet, and the killer touch was a fairly thick crust of chopped, toasted pecans on top. Really got it dangerously close to the pumpkin pie zone, although I’ll deny that in court later.

    Not gonna hunt down the recipe unless this really grabs you. No offense taken if it doesn’t.

  107. 107.

    Mnemosyne

    @WaterGirl:

    Is there any way you can send the gift directly to your (grand)niece, or at least her parents? It seems weird that the kid’s grandmother is getting veto power here, but I know families are weird.

  109. 109.

    Cacti

    Same way it usually is this time of year in the Pacific Northwest.

    Grey and rainy, with a partially sunny day sneaking in here and there.

  113. 113.

    chopper

    @WaterGirl:

    my oldest brother went all all religious way back when and among other things, I have to say it made giving presents for holiday times really fuckin difficult. one of those dumb little things you don’t think about that just infuriates you when it comes around.

  114. 114.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @WaterGirl:
    It will probably not surprise you that my soul burns with hate towards over-restrictive parents who want to force their children into an unrealistic shape with ignorance. Very little gets me angry, but that does. It is the biggest reason I hate fundamentalism, And heaven knows they’ve offered me plenty of other justifications.

  116. 116.

    WaterGirl

    @Mnemosyne: No kidding! She totally crossed the line. A big read line. You should have heard me: “You gave my gift for Alice to someone else? Without asking me???????”

    The last line of my comment to Frankensteinbeck:

    Needless to say, no gift for anyone else EVER will be sent through my sister.

    I really wanted to use more capital letters, but I held back. I will also make sure the gifts are carefully wrapped so no one can cheat and make gift-gifting decisions for me again.

  119. 119.

    Suzanne

    The holidays are sneaking up on me again this year. I was hoping to get the house spotless before Thanksgiving, but the last two weekends haven’t been really productive. Le sigh.

  120. 120.

    WaterGirl

    @Major Major Major Major: Thank you.

    @chopper: I feel you. I have learned to send my sister an amaryllis because she loves flowers. That makes it safe, and it’s not too annoying for me because I love flowers, too.

    @Frankensteinbeck: I feel the same way. One reason I chose your book for “Alice” is that she is timid and lives in closed world and I wanted her to see a strong, interesting girl as a role model. So much for that. I’m sure I would be pissed if I knew what is actually being given in my name – that will definitely never happen again. Family. (sigh)

  125. 125.

    Yarrow

    @Steeplejack: Sorry I was’t clear. It has to be some kind of vegetable not starch or sweet potatoes. I do love sweet potatoes that aren’t the standard marshmallow type. I’ve done one with pecans too Yum.

  128. 128.

    Suzanne

    @WaterGirl: I’m not too worried about Thanksgiving, but I definitely will hire someone to clean before Christmas, since my in-laws are coming.

  129. 129.

    WaterGirl

    @Suzanne: Good for you. I often feel calmer when my house is in order. Figure you could use some of that right about now. :-)

    Glad she’s home, though I bet it’s a bit nerve-wracking, too.

  132. 132.

    Zelma

    @Jeffro:
    I remember the first time I saw Hamlet. All I could think of was how many of the lines I heard all the time. It felt like one cliche after another, which is really unfair to Shakespeare since he was the creator of so many of them (or at least, their publicist.)

  133. 133.

    Brachiator

    @daryljfontaine:

    I thought this article was a pretty interesting take on the movie (and its two predecessors).

    Wow. A long, interesting and very well written piece of commentary. But even though the writer acknowledges the tremendous humor in the film, the piece reminds me of all those nervous critics who simply cannot enjoy sci fi or comic book films unless they can view it as an allegory about politics or current events.

  135. 135.

    Suburban Mom

    @Yarrow: Roasted butternut squash with cinnamon and walnuts. Easy and reheats well. You can add a little brown sugar at the end of roasting time if your crowd likes things sweeter.

  136. 136.

    MomSense

    @ruemara:

    Sooo adorable. I might die from the cuteness.

    It’s just cold enough to snow and just warm enough that it isn’t sticking. I’m making baby things and watching mindless tv. It’s all I can handle tonight.

  139. 139.

    aimai

    Just finished my ethics paper on the Tuskegee Experiment. That’s not politics. But its politics. But what can I do–its my life right now! Still, the best paper is a done and submitted paper. And since I am very old and can remember that my first college papers were (gasp) typed on a t-y-p-e-w-r-i-t-e-r and I had to use white out and submit them directly to the professors, and these papers are all researched and written online and submitted online, the whole process, however agonizing, does seem kind of streamlined and user friendly.

  140. 140.

    Jeffro

    @Yarrow: make your own recipe! (Seriously!)

    What else do you like – red potatoes, sweet onion, ? What kind of seasoning are you in the mood for? Combine ‘em, toss ‘em with some good olive oil and salt, and you’re there!

  141. 141.

    Jeffro

    @Zelma: it really is the king of quoted Shakespeare lines, with Romeo & Juliet a close second

    I want to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream done well somewhere this coming spring or summer. I figure that is long overdue

  147. 147.

    Christopher H

    I’m in the foothills, near Australia’s capital (Canberra). We are in the midst of the four weeks or so between ‘too cold’ and ‘too hot’, with spring growth and cool nights followed by warm to hot days. (In Celsius, anywhere from 4 to 12 degrees overnight minimum and anywhere from 22 to 30 degrees daily maximum. So say 40 to 86 Fahrenheit.)
    Great weather for walking. It will soon be Emergency Services volunteer peak season: looking for lost walkers, fixing rain and windstorm damage, flood incidents…

  148. 148.

    NotMax

    5 o’clock! Time to switch from white tea with honey for the raw throat (which helped a lot) to white tea with brandy (which will help further).

  149. 149.

    opiejeanne

    Were in Redding CA, been driving up I-5 heading for Seattle and mostly out of touch. It’s trying to rain or maybe snow here and it’s 59 degrees.
    We are about to stop for the evening because it’s 7pm and we need supper and sleep.
    It was great seeing so many jackals yesterday. Yay!

  152. 152.

    laura

    @daverave: I LOVE the claw and their drivers! Our beautiful maple turned crimson and dumped it’s leaves within 2 weeks. But the neighborhood elms, ginkgo and pistachio are rely putting on a show.

  153. 153.

    Brachiator

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I haven’t read the piece but just wanted to say that I wouldn’t expect to find such a person blogging at Tor!

    I don’t know that site well enough to know what’s standard fare. The writer has an interesting, but equally frustrating, article about Sarek of Vulcan on the same site.

  154. 154.

    J R in WV

    @Yarrow:

    Artichoke casserole, with mayo and parm and olive oil and garlic and sweet onions and such, then baked it can be served warm, hot, cold, it doesn’t matter. And yummy, so rich tiny servings will do. You can do it with one can, or with two cans, that’s pretty big already, I’ve never used three.

  155. 155.

    frosty

    @Central Planning:

    ROWING. IS. AWESOME.

    Agreed! I was a member of the Baltimore Rowing Club quite awhile back, and my take on it was that there’s no other place you can get some exercise, get on the water and socialize, all at the same time. It was a lot of fun.

    Loved swinging that big 11 foot oar in the 8s, too. Unfortunately, since I was the right size and weight, and had a loud voice, and knew port from starboard, I ended up as a cox a little too often.

  156. 156.

    frosty

    @David Anderson: Late to the thread. Chapel Hill? Mediterranean Deli on Frannklin St. Might be too casual for a “night out” dinner though, but great food.

    Otherwise maybe Southern Season? I think they have a restaurant.

  158. 158.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @MobiusKlein: He’s at Jewish Community High School in the Western Addition. He got into Mission, which is perpetually “up-and-coming” and where he would have been overwhelmed, and he looooooved JCHS. I freakin’ hate abandoning public school, but here we are.

  161. 161.

    dww44

    @Yarrow: Here’s a carrot recipe that’s become a Thanksgiving tradition in our family. And the unmarried nephew is the one who brings it: carrots with turnips, turnip roots that is. At a ratio of 3:1, carrots to turnip roots, first cook the carrots, cut into smallish hunks in salted water, then add the uncooked turnip roots a few minutes later, as they cook and soften rather quickly.

    Cook together until mashable. Drain cooked vegetables, add butter, more salt/pepper if desired, and mash. The end result is a dish that tastes like neither vegetable but an intriguing blend of the two. Altogether good. Altogether simple.

  162. 162.

    Mustang Bobby

    It’s days like these (pouring rain and thunder rumbling in Miami) that I miss Santa Fe. Forty years ago this month I arrived there for the first time and fell in love with it. I stayed a year and then moved from Michigan to Albuquerque in 1995, staying for six years before life intervened and brought me to Florida. But wow, do I miss the smell of pinon, juniper, sage, rising from the desert after a rain.

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