I call him the Prairieologist. So a lot of our camping and hiking trips are in prairies and on the great plains. In June we followed the Lewis and Clark trail to the Missouri headwaters. It's great to be with someone who knows so much about plants and animals. Two of them are laying right by me now and the third has just run into the living room to bark out the window.
Dogs are the coolest.
I love the way they smell. I always like to have at least one book to spend a good study hour a day with, taking notes in a composition notebook just like I did in school. Right now it's Bruno Bettleheim's The Uses of Enchantment . The work of D. W. Winnicott is something I love to study and never tire of. I've read Playing and Reality each year for about seven years.