Dear Friend,   Happy first day of March! This is a spectacular time to begin something new or brush up on a previously practiced skill. For instance, did you learn a different language in High School? Do you remember how to introduce yourself in that language?   I wish I could hear your answer. If you don’t remember what you learned, please don’t stress. There are so many reasons that our memories come and go. As I’ve written before, I believe that practice just makes practic

Dear Friend,   Would you mind giving us a re-cap of the past two weeks of your life? Have you been busy? I can’t imagine that your days rolled in and out with no surprises. But, if they did, and you are telling me that you have experienced uneventful busy-ness, I have to ask, how did you manage that?   Today is National Walk Your Dog Day. If you have been on the fence about adopting a pet (of any kind), just know that there are countless friends, ready and waiting, and today

Dear Friend,   I hope that your day is off to a pleasantly memorable start. Will you be at home today? Spending time with loved ones? Watching football? Taking walks? Maybe you’ll be writing a song about your newly adopted rescue doggy? Yes, please, I would love to hear it!   Lots of people travel and camp with their dogs and cats. Dogs are usually on leash. Some cats are free to come and go from their vehicles, no leash, no crate, apparently staying close because they feel r

Dear Friend,   Happy first day of February. Tomorrow, guided by Ground Hog Wisdom, we’ll discover how much more winter weather to expect this year. What does that information do for you, personally? And, when you hear that the Ground Hog predicts an early spring or longer winter, does it change the way you feel about the furry little messenger?     Speaking of How Some Information Can Change The Way We Feel: When news is mostly ‘bad,’ it may seem inappropriate to wish someone

Dear Friend,   It’s been a couple of weeks since our last post. How are you doing? Of course, we hope that all is well in your world and that you and yours have been staying healthy and just ornery enough.   A couple of weeks ago, while standing in the sunshine at our campground near Wikieup, AZ, we were talking with another camper about our plans to travel north.   She practically screamed, “Are you crazy? No! You can’t! It’s too cold!”  She then listed several more reasons

Dear Friend,   Have you ever been to Wikieup? It is located along highway 93, south of Kingman, Arizona. The name sounds musical to me, like maybe it could mean the same thing as ‘ accelerando with glee !’ But, no, it’s a Mojave word for ‘ shelter .’   The town was established in 1864. The story goes that when it came time to come up with a name, there was a wikieup, (a building), that existed near the area where the proposed Post Office was to be built. The town was named af

Dear Friend,   Happy New Year! Thank you for being here to read our first blog/letter of 2026!   Today begins the fourth year of Tracks by the Post.   Thank you very much for keeping in touch over the past three years, and for sharing our Tracks Posts with friends and family!   We do not think of you as a Like  or a Click  or a Share . To us, you are not a 'set of zeros and ones.' We are not rewarded in the land of Social Media or in any way monetarily by your presence here.