Diversion

Sorry, these posts have nothing to do with Asia--they're really a trial for me to try to learn how to add photos and work from this new netbook I bought. More on that later.

Anyway, this weekend, my sister's best friend kindly invited us to stay at her cabin in the woods, stunningly situated on a mountain near Park City, Utah. Made in the best log cabin style, the house is nestled among aspens and pine and remote enough to have only dirt roads for access.

We unpacked Friday night and wandered out to the veranda, a second-story porch that extends the length the cabin. Blue jays swooped in and collected peanuts, and just as everyone was getting ready for a ride on the 4 wheelers, a moose ambled by and stopped to forage just 20 yards from the house. He was a juvenile...probably teenage in moose years, but sporting a nice set of antlers. He didn't seem to mind our presence and kept close for at least 20 minutes.

It was lovely...the kind of moment where you stop and stand quietly and let time slow down because it's just all about that moose.