The land is desolate. Volcanic rocks pepper alkaline-white cracked earth. Sagebrush, cactus, scraggly starved pinons and junipers keep to themselves. The canyons in the distance are red and barren, carved by the Gunnison river so long ago the river forgot why. From the passenger seat, I can’t see the waters or the scrambling lizards, but […]
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I love Richard Scarry—especially his pre-Busy World illustrations featuring doe-eyed everything. So when I saw The Animal’s Merry Christmas at Amazon, I had to order it. Even if the kids didn’t like it, I imagined snuggling up with it on a cold winter day with a cup of hot cocoa and the best Christmas […] I touched the Titanic. I saw a postage stamp which had been salvaged from the wreck. I saw a men’s pinstripped suit, delicate vases, tea cups, a ceramic toothpaste jar, a ten dollar bill—all were plunged 12,000 feet to the bottom of the ocean, where they rested for nearly a century along with the remains […] |
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