Beignets!
When in NOLA with first time visitors…

India as backdrop and reality
Annals of perusing stuff: The bottom half of this picture shows Aaron and Suzanne on our 2011 trip to India. The top half shows them standing in front of a Colorama print at the Eastman Museum in 2020.

A Winter Night
Arriving home yesterday evening with the first snowfall of the season.
When we were young and amazing in our fashion
That’s me on the left rocking the technicolor coat in Lexington. Let me stop you right there. I believe this was just how we dressed to set foot outside.

Ah, brothers…
Annals of sorting papers- this is a keeper

– A card from my brother, Barry Veverka-Brownlie‘s family when Suzanne and I engaged. We lost Barry at the start of the summer. These reminders of him and Suzanne and their personalities.

Where the squirrels bring offerings
Our weird bench (where no one ought to sit) has apparently become an altar where the squirrels bring their offerings to Autumn.

Very blustery day here; both new skeletons are strapped in


A little collage about the past four years…

Reading… reviewing?

While I cannot say I have my feet back under me, I can say I’m starting to read some of the many books we picked up in the past year (with review intentions), mostly looking at the shorter reads for now because I’m hip deep in Stephen Kozeniewski and Gavin Dillinger ridiculous epic Looney; I have been wearing my publisher hat very lightly and Five Raging Hearts is heading for an end of November release; and last night I started writing a new story for the first time in months, which is my way to hint at more to come…