Thanks, Aunt Diane!

Bailey received a wonderful gift from Rich's UMaine colleague, Diane Jackson. Nothing like a new toy... especially one he can not destroy. "Woof-you," Aunt Diane!

from Natalie Goldberg

"Writers live twice. They go along with their regular life, are as fast as anyone in the grocery store, crossing the street, getting dressed for work in the morning. But there's another part of them that they have been training. The one that lives everything a second time. That sits down and sees their life again and goes over it. Looks at the texture and detail." -Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones.

Moose Hunt: Road trip to Rangeley

In search of moose, we took to the roads and headed up to Rangeley and what's called the Height of Land... the highest point where cars can get to.Rangeley is a summer and winter tourist town in the mountains about 40 minutes from Rumford.

We had burgers at a sports pub and then on the trip back, we saw two lonely moose on the edge of the road... a big male and smaller female. Unfortunately, the darkness didn't allow for photos and when Bailey started barking, the poor moose took off like blowing balls through the woods.

Bailey and Cousin Zellie play with the boys

Bailey had some fun with his cousin Zellie and his brothers up at Black Mountain of Maine. For more photos click on this sentence.

Companion WorkBook to Writing on the Bus

Here's the proof cover of The Athlete's Workbook... many book cover attempts later. We'll see whether this one makes the cut when it arrives in proof form. This the workbook is for all sports and both genders, it got tricky trying to include photographs. Click on the picture to get a closer look.