Tonto National Monument, Arizona, April 2011 I had some ideas for this blog; then read what is below. I don't know for sure if the per...

  While the world has gone on with many issues impacting many lives, mine stays much the same. It's one of the advantages of being old ...

     Although last week was not the first time we saw a tarantula here, it was the most recent; and we'd been concerned about why not; w...

  When beginning a new book, the idea of theme is important but also who will be the characters. Back when it was time to start this book, I...

  If you have never written a book, you have no idea how difficult finding titles can be. You want one that suits the book but also alerts i...

 Since it's only me writing here, as it was for many years, I don't need to say by... I thought I might write a bit about why I have...

 by Rain Trueax   Growing up, westerns were my favorite series TV and movies. The good guys used guns and they always won in the end over th...

  by Rain Trueax   From the time Covid-19 hit American shores, we've been bombarded by information-- often contradictory. People have ha...

by Rain Trueax I went online Thursday morning with no idea what to write about for Saturday's blog. My head was spinning with ideas-- so...

by Rain Trueax Coincidentally, my blog is on July 4th. That will doubtless be a holiday with mixed messages today in our times. I had alr...

by Rain Trueax looking toward the Strawberry full moon As with last Saturday's blog, I had a plan for this one. Then, things ch...