Quaintrelle

"I can at best report only from my own wilderness." -Loren Eiseley Ptolemy, entering his dark den of models and maps that he believes...

My family and I are going through a difficult time. And it's not going to get any better for now. It's a fact of life; and it's a fact of...

Hello, friends, and happy November. Of all the months, November has the prettiest name. I have always been smitten by the letter v, f's...

An avid huntsman with his dazzling belt, his club in triumphant air above his head, his shield buffering an attack from Taurus, Orion had...

It finally felt like fall, so Silas and I headed for the hills where she scarves the sugar maples with red, the sassafras and oak with...

Autumn is here and despite her fever, I am wearing sweaters, crocheted hats, and donning all the ambers and sepias of fall. Along with...

Unconditional He's in his fiancee's bedroom for the first time. "See that hole in the floor over there?" she asks. He peers to where she...

On February 11th of this year, I experienced a life-changing injury while free climbing at a climbing wall gym. Long story short, I fell...

So, let's talk about my grandmother, Pistol Whip Peggy. Okay. I was afraid of this woman for a portion of my childhood. She would walk...

The Grand Finale A team of leading minds created him, all his 14 kilometers of cabling, his prime and back-up R-4D biorepellant rocket...