Christopher Cook https://www.christopher-cook.com Official website of award winning author Sat, 01 Aug 2015 15:17:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Dog Days of Summer & Attic Fans… https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-dog-days-of-summer-attic-fans/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-dog-days-of-summer-attic-fans/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2015 15:17:34 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1915 I’m feeling lazy today. Actually, I’ve been feeling lazy for several weeks, ever since the temperatures topped 90 degrees and started reaching for 100. Now they’re topping 100 and I’m feeling as wilty as my caladiums in the flower bed … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-dog-days-of-summer-attic-fans/feed/ 6 Meanwhile, in Texas… https://www.christopher-cook.com/meanwhile-in-texas/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/meanwhile-in-texas/#comments Tue, 26 May 2015 17:54:34 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1904 So, we are here now. On a wooded hill above the Colorado River, overlooking limestone ridges and green hills to the southern horizon, about 10 miles west of the center of Austin as the crow flies, about 20 miles by … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/meanwhile-in-texas/feed/ 5 Gone to Texas… https://www.christopher-cook.com/gone-to-texas/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/gone-to-texas/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:02:54 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1894 So we are almost done packing, Katka and I. And tomorrow we set off from the Mexican highlands here in San Miguel de Allende, headed north toward the border, the Mexico-USA frontier, to cross the Rio Bravo (though US-Americans call … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/gone-to-texas/feed/ 9 Star Man… https://www.christopher-cook.com/star-man/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/star-man/#respond Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:11:51 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1886 A couple of readers this past week kindly wrote me to say they’d enjoyed a story of mine, one that I hadn’t thought about in a while: “Star Man”. Both readers mentioned it is a Christmas story and I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/star-man/feed/ 0 Pondering the Big Questions… https://www.christopher-cook.com/pondering-the-big-questions/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/pondering-the-big-questions/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:58:51 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1876 I recently received an email from a guy who said he knew me in high school but he thought I had died. He wrote, “My mother told me that you died in San Francisco in Haight-Ashbury, which I believed for … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/pondering-the-big-questions/feed/ 2 Mexico or Bust (via Texas)… https://www.christopher-cook.com/mexico-or-bust-via-texas/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/mexico-or-bust-via-texas/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:45:35 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1840 Autumn has arrived here in the north. Did you know that Prague is farther north than Winnipeg, Canada? Well, it is, by just a tad. Prague’s latitude is 50.0833° N and Winnipeg’s is 49.8994° N. Which explains why our temps … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/mexico-or-bust-via-texas/feed/ 4 Rambeaux: a tad fickle but holding strong… https://www.christopher-cook.com/rambeaux-a-tad-fickle-but-holding-strong/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/rambeaux-a-tad-fickle-but-holding-strong/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 10:57:40 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1789 My 1986 Dodge Ram pickup truck—the aging Rambeaux—sits at my buddy Fred’s house in Texas most of the time. When I show up stateside for a visit, as I recently did, I renew Rambeaux’s registration, make sure he’s inspected and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/rambeaux-a-tad-fickle-but-holding-strong/feed/ 6 Gone to Texas … the Institute of Letters https://www.christopher-cook.com/gone-to-texas-the-institute-of-letters/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/gone-to-texas-the-institute-of-letters/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:52:09 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1785 Woody Allen famously said he wouldn’t belong to any club that would have him as a member. I’m not that picky, but I’m not really a joiner, either. I belong to very few self-identified groups. PEN International, the writers’ organization … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/gone-to-texas-the-institute-of-letters/feed/ 16 Living in a Winter’s Dream… https://www.christopher-cook.com/living-in-a-winters-dream/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/living-in-a-winters-dream/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:41:23 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1773 It’s snowing in Prague today. It’s been falling for two weeks and there’s more snow to come. The world is white. And cold. Well, it’s winter here, so that’s to be expected. This is the time of year when I … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/living-in-a-winters-dream/feed/ 10 The Labyrinth of Memory… https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-labyrinth-of-memory/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-labyrinth-of-memory/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:43:03 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1764 I recalled an experience from adolescence the other day, and the “me” in that recollection seemed more unreal than a dream or a character in a novel I’d read. It was a disconcerting moment. Such a thought seems autumnal to … Continue reading →

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