"I'm getting fixed!" says the mower. If it's on wheels at our place, it's in trouble. At least that's the consensus of a SUV, a compact car, an early 1960s tractor, an old Ford pick-up truck, and a self-propelled mower. What does it mean, I ask myself and Ken. "I think it means we need to put a lot more effort into moving ahead," Ken said. "I think it means we might need to slow down and stay put a little," I said. It also means there are hungry critters with strange appetite

Wonderful night photo by Stephen Locke, also the cover of my first novel (used with permission) When I was a little kid, the dark terrified me. At least, that's what I remember, but I think now I was just a night owl afraid of being alone, so I would pull myself up to standing in my crib and cry until someone came in. I didn't yet know how to befriend the dark I would come to love so much later on. When the dark encompassed the sky, I came alive, my little but fierce mind spi