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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus Read more
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II am back in Minnesota after spending a week with my daughter and son-in-law in Brooklyn. Just a few weeks from Opening Day and we have snow here. I have mentioned here before that I grew up in Montana. When I start complaining about snow this time of year, I try to remind myself that… Read more
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I am back in Brooklyn this week, hanging out with my daughter and son-in-law. I’m spending my time prepping a poetry manuscript and really just wandering. Ultimately, I think I’m trying to center myself after the death of my brother, Paul, last week. I am a wanderer by nature. The best part of traveling for… Read more
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During February, I re-read the H.G. Wells classic The War of the Worlds. In March, I will be re-reading Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River.” The latter is a story I have re-read every spring now for more than 45 years. I have come to believe that one of the many reasons I re-read books is that returning to them… Read more
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“By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live”. ~ W.B. Yeats Read more
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On Monday, I received the call I had been preparing myself to receive for almost two years now. It was from the Santa Cruz, California, Sheriff’s Department. My brother Paul had been found dead. I am the oldest of three boys. I was born in 1960, Paul in 1962, and Jon in 1970. Paul and… Read more
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What better way to begin a week than with this Dave Brubeck Classic! Enjoy! Read more
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Winter is apparently in no mood to let go of its reign here in the North Country. A snowstorm on Wednesday and cold temperatures have returned to Minnesota—a temporary reminder of what we have just been through. In February, I dialed back my postings here at ClimbingSky. I began spending the time I had freed up starting the… Read more
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[Classic Literature is} news that stays new.” ~ Ezra Pound Read more
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