July 10, 2008
PUT UP A FENCE AND PAVE PARADISE
What, I ask, are they doing to my trails?
I think I shall call the mayor ….
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July 9, 2008
LEAD ME DOWN THE DAISY PATH …
My path today. About one hour, in SUNSHINE. Yes, sun! I promise to be good if you come back tomorrow.
July 8, 2008
WILDERNESS GEEK
That would be me — a wilderness geek. Or would that be freak? I mean, I really *do* carry a ruler with me when I go running. Just in case, you know? I might run across a good print, or something. Like these perfect Black Bear paw marks above. Then I might want to size and document them. And of course, for that I need my camera …
My equivalent of a pocket protector would probably be the small ziplock bags that protect the bear banger cartridge I carry with me. I live in irrational fear that it will get wet and fizzle when I finally aim it at the jowls of a hungry cougar. Either that, or detonate prematurely in my pack. (Can just see the headlines)
I also carry an MP3. And dog spray. Think I need to lighten up some? Seriously, I’d have a much better run if I did. But then … I’d miss capturing prints like those.
It’s all the fault of MANHUNTER, I tell you — I should never have started the tracking research needed for that book. It set me down an interesting path … and I think I might have missed my calling. Then again … I can always put my growing body of tracking skills into stalking editors. See? I really *should* have gone to Thrillerfest … I could have put in some practice!!!
Posted by Loreth @ 8:57 pm | MANHUNTER, THE NORDIC LIFE, THE RUNNING LIFE, THE WHISTLER LIFE, THE WRITING LIFE | 2 Comments
July 5, 2008
PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION IN THE PARK
Well, what’s a bear to do? There was no sign up in the park re: this particular activity.
Posted by Loreth @ 2:44 pm | MANHUNTER, THE NORDIC LIFE, THE RUNNING LIFE, THE WHISTLER LIFE, THE WRITING LIFE | 2 Comments
July 1, 2008
RULES OF THE FOREST
Like I wouldn’t yield to the bear.
Posted by Loreth @ 8:22 pm | THE NORDIC LIFE, THE RUNNING LIFE, THE WHISTLER LIFE, THE WRITING LIFE | 2 Comments
June 24, 2008
SOMETIMES …
A POV change is needed … and voila — there the road lies.
I was stuck with something in my plot. My hero just wanted to be somebody other than who I was telling him to be. So I let him get above it all, in a bush plane … and whammo … that was it! Turns out he needed to fly. He needed to see things from above. And he’d been trying to tell me all along.
Posted by Loreth @ 5:38 pm | THE NORDIC LIFE, THE RUNNING LIFE, THE WHISTLER LIFE, THE WRITING LIFE | 7 Comments
