by Mary | Oct 20, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
Remember that line from Dances With Wolves? Kevin Costner and a teamster come across a skeleton and the teamster says, “Somewhere back east, his sister is wondering, Why don’t he write?” I’m not dead, but I’ll put it this way: 1500+...
by Mary | Oct 18, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
We did 12 miles. Appalling terrain. Shattered mountains –like riding over broken bricks for hours. BIG thank you to Abby, who loaned me the chaps. I’d have been shredded without them. As it is, I am sore, swollen, and seriously questioning the wisdom of...
by Mary | Oct 17, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
It was only 5 miles, an easy beginning while we got used to our horses and they got used to us. We rode through some high desert chapparal (see Carey Granger’s comment on the last post for a definition) and then through the set for Tombstone and several other...
by Mary | Oct 16, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
This morning, I drove into Tombstone early, hoping to beat the heat and the crowds. Spotted mining archeologist Carey Granger and had a chance to ask him some additional questions, including, “Wait — they had two ice factories in Tombstone? How did they...
by Mary | Oct 15, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
I’m blind-tired, fighting a cold, and struggling with internet access, but this trip has already been useful. The main industry in Tombstone was mining — something almost overlooked in most portrayals of the events in 1881. So naturally, that’s what...
by Mary | Oct 9, 2011 | A THREAD OF GRACE, DOC, The Cure For Anger
Book publicists tend to think geographically, not climatically. When A Thread of Grace was published in January of 2005, the first week of the tour was on the West Coast. The events started in San Diego (sunny and 80), with stops in San Francisco (rain and 55),...
