All of the houses I’ve owned in Montana have had a covered front porch… There is something about sitting on the front porch – watching and listening, visiting with a dear friend, waving to passers by… In my current home, my front porch looks out through the woods to a meadow beyond and the Swan Range in the distance. Deer, turkeys, the occasional coyote, bear and raccoon are the passers by. My Karelian Bear dog, Karl and cat, Bob – a Garfield looking marmalade cat of 20 pounds – are my front porch companions. All year, no matter the weather, I like sitting on the front porch morning and evening. I begin and end my day there.
I do my best thinking on the front porch – simply enjoying and being quiet triggers all kinds of thoughts…some are even worth writing down :) ! – well, I think they are and this is the place where I will do that. The writing won’t all be profound, intellectual writing - most will be a simple chronicle of my day to day life, things I’d like to share and remember. I have discovered a passion for photography and sometimes I like to let the photos do the “talking”.
Here we go, then… me, I’m Elizabeth Ann Summers – known as Liz to family and friends of my youth, Ann to the friends of my adulthood. I live in a small, but cozy and comfortable 1 bedroom cabin-ranch house on a little over 8 acres near Kalispell, MT. I am a computer programmer and have worked from a home office as an independent consultant for 24 -almost 25! years. I love to walk in the summer, snowshoe in the winter with Karl, am an avid reader, enjoy my work and the flexibility that working from home allows me. I bought a motorhome several years ago and as my work can go with me, my “front porch” is sometimes under the awning of my RV – on the road. I believe in God, the creator of all the things that I have been priviledged to enjoy and experience and I believe that Jesus is who he said he was and that we are spiritual beings having a human experience* – this earthly experience is just part of the adventure. Let’s roll!
Email: ann at beardogco dot com
* part of a quote from Teilhard de Chardin French Geologist, Priest, Philosopher and Mystic, 1881-1955