December 2024
Books read: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami (translated by Philip Gabriel) Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (translated by Alfred Birnbaum) Washington Square by Henry James The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Trails walked: North Table Mountain Loop near Golden (Dec 4th) Kohler Mesa – Bear Canyon Loop near Boulder (Dec 18th) Carter Lake near Berthoud (Dec 23rd) Song(s) of the month: Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Glen Hansard December Summary: The above photo was taken from our back porch this month. Winter air does something weird to the clouds. There's actually a name for it -- lenticular clouds, -- and it's caused by high winds blowing towards the plains from the mountains; and the winds are much higher in winter. Believe it or not I did zero photo-shopping on this photo. That's actually what the sky looked like on a cold winter morning. I still have to pinch myself when I realize t...