by Carolyn M. Crane | Apr 10, 2012 | Community, photographs |
A couple years ago I wrote my first piece about my neighbor, the quilter and artist Mary Moore. Even today a few people a week visit the blog and read about that special day I spent with Mary. This year the North San Juan Fire Department asked me to compose an update...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Apr 6, 2012 | Back Yard Days, Community, Friends of Bloody Run Creek, Mining, Sustainability, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
When I covered the Wild and Scenic Film Festival last January, I wrote a piece called “Occupy Confluences”. It’s about creating new systems, the blue lines on the map, and what inspired me to be a more active steward of the two watersheds that...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Mar 22, 2012 | photographs, poetry |
Last week I walked into the dining room and saw these flowers a friend had left. Right away I remembered this poem, and a time long ago when I first discovered quince. I said, “I love you.” You said, “I brought fresh quince,” and you spliced it...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Mar 16, 2012 | Back Yard Days, photographs |
I captured these at Two Bridges along the South Fork of the Yuba River. <img
by Carolyn M. Crane | Mar 9, 2012 | Essays |
I wrote the first version of this essay about ten years ago, and revised it recently. This harkens back to my college days at San Francisco State. Photos by Peggy Sue Ameson, 1984. Whenever St. Patty’s Day rolls around, I think of my old boyfriend Patrick Quinn....