Weekend Train

weekendtrains

When you love trains and you love twilight you take this photograph.

Eleven years ago this weekend, my brother died at age 56.  He loved trains, too.

He called his train set, which rivaled Amtrak’s northeast corridor in terms of … Read the rest

Bittersweet, The Series

beforethestorms

I can’t seem to stop thinking about yesterday’s bittersweet.  The vine is simply too beautiful without–and I know this sounds odd–but beautiful without consequences.

You might say, quite rightly, “Um, er…Pat, it’s a plant for God’s sake, a plant … Read the rest