And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot Four Quartets I grew up on a sheep farm outside of Fargo, and that city, on the edge of the North Dakota prairie, is my home. I say this even […]
Author Archives: Jonna
What to keep
Moving into a new home is a lot like editing a manuscript: you need to achieve a total clarity about your goals, so you can figure out what to let go and what to keep. A few years ago, I made a pass at revising an old story I’d written, and I kept too much. […]
Moving on
Lately, big changes have been brewing in Wisconsin, and we’ve decided to make the mountains our home. So we met with an agent on Thursday and listed the Wisconsin house for sale. After signing with the agent, I went home and ate cookies and sniffled. In fact, I may have even cried. I love our […]
Hoar Frost
It fades so quickly.
Everglades
I finally have a chance to post some photos from our trip to The Everglades. We saw so many birds: herons, ibises, pelicans, gallinules. Here’s a beautiful anhinga: Nesting with young: A purple gallinule: And, of course, an alligator:
Key West
A few snapshots from our winter holiday in Key West. We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast called The Popular House. I hate to overuse the word charming, but the B&B was charming. Their kitchen was bright with fresh oranges and McCoy pottery: The living room was trimmed with Dade County pine and featured a big […]
Ishbel, Part 2
A second attempt at Ysolda’s Ishbel shawl. This time I did not leave the half-finished knitting on the airplane. I made this version with Mountain Colors sock yarn, in a delicious berry shade.
Cold Comfort Cats
The windchill is -35F in Wisconsin, and my indoor cats have lost all desire to sneak outside. Gabriel, the snaggle-toothed sixteen-year-old, ventured out to the country doctors last week and came home with a bottle of thyroid medication. That was enough cold weather for him. Snowy, his glamorous companion, has taken over the sunny heating […]
