by Jim Stitzel | Jan 6, 2007 | General
“In the absence of the sun, I’ll take a full moon.” It’s funny how attuned a person can get to the cycles of the moon. I’d never really paid all that much attention to what phase the moon was in – I never had much cause to. It took...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 3, 2006 | General
A thunderstorm rolled through our area in the early hours this morning, fortunately moving on quickly enough that I did not have to feed horses in the rain. It did not roll through so swiftly, though, that I was not able to see some of its beauty as it fled south. It...
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 1, 2006 | Writing
“Diana Metz contemplates”:http://blog.dianametz.com/?p=116 which is easier (or harder) to write – beginnings or endings. For me it’s almost always the ending. Most of the time when I sit down to write a story, I already know how it’s...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 1, 2006 | Science, Writing
I hadn’t realized until my wife and I moved back out to the country just how many shooting stars fall in a given night. Nearly every time I am outside, in the dark, to feed the horses, whether it be early morning or after sunset, I usually see at least one or...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 7, 2006 | General
I love the fog. I think it is one of the most beautiful and most fascinating types of weather phenomena. I love walking in it and seeing how it dresses up and changes the world around me, how it makes the most familiar of landscapes seem strange and foreign. I love it...
