Category Archives: General

Encompassing Flagstaff: Geology Overload

Posted on April 25, 2018 by smellincoffee

Today’s post covers a few of my “driving days”, spanning  the AZ/Nevada border almost to the AZ/New Mexico border.  One of my favorite aspects of driving in Arizona was that sometimes I’d top a hill and see what seemed to … Continue reading →

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For he’s a jolly good fellow

Posted on April 23, 2018 by smellincoffee

I’m a regular irregular patron of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, a theater in Montgomery which always includes a few of the Bard’s works in their annual production season.  In the foyer of the theater stands a statue of Shakespeare, and … Continue reading →

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Encompassing Flagstaff: Flagstaff Itself

Posted on April 22, 2018 by smellincoffee

For my return to the Southwest I’d intended to land in Santa Fe, enjoy that beautiful city again, and then venture north toward Taos and the borderlands between the states of the ‘four corners’.  Instead, however, in early October I … Continue reading →

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Encompassing Flagstaff: Ruins of the Ancients

Posted on April 20, 2018 by smellincoffee

If I regretted one aspect of my visit to New Mexico back in 2016, it was forgetting or not having time to visit the remains of any native American dwellings. I made visiting a few sites a priority this time,  … Continue reading →

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I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

Posted on April 15, 2018 by smellincoffee

Hello, dear readers! For the past week I’ve secretly been running around northern Arizona, leaving you with some scheduled posts in my absence.  I’m afraid I’ve read sod all in the last week, as after busy days hiking in the … Continue reading →

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Read of England, 2018!

Posted on March 27, 2018 by smellincoffee

At long last it’s April, my favorite time of the year — a time of perfect weather, budding flowers, and reading of England! Well…it’s the last week of March, anyway, and I can’t wait anymore.   If you’re new, every April … Continue reading →

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Testing, testing

Posted on March 18, 2018 by smellincoffee

Last week I purchased a new phone, one of those modern miracles that can order a custom sandwich, rent a car, check a flight, and read me a book while also allowing Google and the NSA to keep tabs on … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Books To Be Read….Someday?

Posted on February 6, 2018 by smellincoffee

This week the Broke and the Bookish- well, now Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl — are discussing books that  have been on  our to-be-read lists for the longest time. Here are the top ten oldest books on my ‘to-read-eventually’ … Continue reading →

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Books from a time capsule of sorts

Posted on February 6, 2018 by smellincoffee

Around Christmas, the technical expertise and beneficence of a friend allowed me to recover the data from a computer of mine from 2004-2008, one that has been offline since that spring when either its power supply or motherboard gave up … Continue reading →

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2017’s pie

Posted on January 23, 2018 by smellincoffee

Every year I like to  load up my books-read Excel list, sort it by labels, count everything up, and then make a chart out of it.  Every year’s label sets are a little different, aside from old reliables like History … Continue reading →

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