Newly Blog-Rolled

On the reliable recommendation of Dr. Omed, I have visited Thistle and Hemlock (Notes from a sagebrush basin). After spending about a week dropping in on this web-log, I can also strongly recommend it, and have added it to the list on your left.

Dr. Omed has given her the sobriquet "Ms. Candide", because she seems to be quietly tending her garden. In comments and back-channel e-mails, she refers to herself as "Sam" — by coincidence, her initials form an alternate name, just as mine do.

I gather "Sam" is a copy editor by day, and is hopeful of writing a novel of her own. Pictures posted on her site reveal her to be an excellent photographer as well.

I really want to be quotidian, but philosophy trips me up almost every time. Sam is able to honestly detail the quotidian, and lets it stand for itself. She has a clean writing style.

Pay her a visit. And be sure to leave a comment — we beginners need all the encouragement we can get.