Having a backyard pond to call my own is certainly a luxury, I think. I explained why a little bit for Plenty Magazine. But it is a luxury in other ways, too. It is a great spot for staring and thinking. It is just as good for staring and not thinking. And, like most everything else in SusanLand, it is a work in progress. Here is the water garden up close, before we set in stones and so much sedum. (Check out the succulent porn!)

And here are a couple of the pond’s inhabitants.*

*Yes, eventually, I let them out of this bag…

I refer to him as a Capital A Adventurer because, from his note to me, it sounds as if he is. Here is a bit about him and what I think may be an alter ego. He wasn’t sure at first that he had anything to say, but after years of wandering, working odd jobs, and meeting the odd person or two, he says he realized that, at last, he did. So see for yourself. His novel, Dust, lives on-line.

–S.