Novembrance - Novembrance

Our house in Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt
Last summer, we were once again able to do a house exchange. Our son James was serving a mission for our church in France, and once he had finished his two years of service, we wanted to pick him up in person and have a family vacation before my VCFA...

Here are some of the high points of the past year, in no particular order:
A book published; a scholarship won; two stories published in anthologies; a residency in Bath; a glorious day in Oxford; an idyllic house exchange in the Loire Valley; Patrick's inspiring stake conference addresses; Hope's acceptance to UC Berkeley...

I'm closer to 100 than to 0, and I'm the age at which kids will ask things like, "Was music invented when you were little?" That's fine; I don't mind getting older. In fact, in honor of my birthday, I looked back over the past five decades and chose...

Photograph: John Batho, Présents et Absents
For the past few Octobers, I've posted lists of things I deem Octoberish. Sometimes they're creepy books or movies; sometimes they're melancholy songs or places. It's not always about the scary for me; sometimes I'm after the things that evoke sehnsucht...