📷 April 2024 Micro.Blog photo challenge, Day 22: Blue

Crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca on a clear, calm day.

Strait of Juan de Fuca on a clear, calm day

📷 April 2024 Micro.Blog photo challenge, Day 21: Mountain

Mount Rainier while under sail in Commencement Bay (2006).

Mount Rainier from the water

Finished reading: Desperation by Stephen King 📚

Maybe not one of Mr. King’s best efforts, but it was entertaining, and the ending came together better than I expected. ★★★☆☆

📷 April 2024 Micro.Blog photo challenge, Day 19: Birthday

A puppy for my son’s 13th birthday back in 2015. Happy memories.

A boy and a Puggle puppy

📷 April 2024 Micro.Blog photo challenge, Day 18: Mood

Tonight’s camp site here in the Mojave National Preserve has put me in a good mood. It doesn’t get much better than this.

Campground, Mojave National Preserve

📷 April 2024 Micro.Blog photo challenge, Day 15: Small

I’ve never felt quite so small or felt part of something quite so large as when standing on the lip of the Grand Canyon. It truly is one of Earth’s wonders.

Grand Canyon

📷 April 2024 Micro.Blog photo challenge, Day 13: Page

A random page from The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. Definitely the trippiest book I’ve ever read, yet poignant and incredibly memorable. In sailing, we say it’s the journey, not the destination that matters. Same with House of Leaves.

Pages from the House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.

📷 April 2024 Micro.Blog photo challenge, Day 10: Train

Hobo bunnies waiting on a train in Ladysmith, British Columbia.

Wild rabbits in Ladysmith, British Columbia

🥓 Day 9: Crispy | prompt submitted by @rom

As an antidote to yesterday’s prevention theme, here’s a flashback to breakfast aboard our boat with crispy bacon and donuts from the Lyme Kiln Cafe in Roche Harbor. Yum!

Bacon and donuts

Currently reading: Desperation by Stephen King 📚

Tackling the remaining Stephen King books I haven’t read. I usually read fiction on my Kindle, but I have the hardback of this one. I forgot how heavy and unwieldy some of Stephen King books can be!

Finished reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 📚

I loved this short, spare novella. In 109 pages, Keegan puts you squarely in the mind and body of its protagonist, Furlong. You feel the pangs of long-ago childhood angst, the chill of an Irish cold spell, the ugliness of small town bigotry, the warmth of a coal stove, the despair over the human cruelty. The Irish dialogue felt more like music or birdsong, making me wish my own language wasn’t so ordinary and flat. I felt sad to leave Furlong’s side after so short a visit, but the tale and ending was told in just the right way, with just the right words. ★★★★★