A Destination City

A Destination City

  A Destination City When I’ve visited Ouray, Colorado, or Taos, New Mexico, or some other touristy town, I’ve taken walks around these towns and I see artsy little houses near the downtown, flower gardens tucked away to the side with stone paths and benches,...
Dawn Chorus

Dawn Chorus

Dawn Chorus I was surprised to hear them: birds.  It was February still. Late February. But in the darkness before sunrise, birds sang me awake. How could I have forgotten about morning birds?   After a long winter with maybe a dozen smallish winter storms, and months...
Jury Duty

Jury Duty

Yesterday, I did NOT want to go to jury duty. I did NOT want to serve. The voir dire questioning was long and tedious, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. But I was chosen. Once in the jury room with the other 11 jurors, everyone pretty much expressed a desire NOT to be there....

A Rumor of Coyotes

  Hello, People of the World! Cheryl Unruh here. Welcome to my new blog! I’m really excited to have a new space to spill words onto! A clean new site! I’ll be covering several main topics here. For one thing, I’ll be talking about the writing process –...