Ahh, the feeling of a fresh new keyboard is good. The old one was getting really dirty and grimy, which shows up especially well because my laptop is a really light silver color. A couple weeks ago I decided to try cleaning the keyboard, and I attempted to snap all of the little [...]

Cooperstown, North Dakota, population a firm 1,200, not growing or dropping. This was my territory growing up. It will always be home, every inch of the place. Unlike a child in the city, no parent hung behind constantly to make sure I wasn’t scooped up by a molester. Anything was possible. [...]

Rain. It woke me this morning at about 4AM with big thumps of thunder and winds so strong I thought we were blowing away. The bedroom window was left open, so we got a nice little shower. Sometimes nature is awe-inspiring, and lovely in its fury; sometimes it’s just a fat bore in the next [...]