Does where you write make a difference? A room of your own, to be sure. What about a log cabin? I’m about to find out. My wife and I are moving to remote North Routt County, Colorado. Thirty miles north of Steamboat Springs, 9,000 feet up. It’s in a forest full of deer, elk, bear and who knows what else. No cell phones. No TV. No postal service, for that matter. (We have to go fetch it from twelve miles away.) But the wild flowers are spectacular. And 600 inches of snow during a long winter. The silence is huge. The night sky is as full as it is meant to be. In fact, we;ve had this place for years, but now we will live here. I’ve always written very well here. We have two log houses, and my writing desk will be in the one under the rainbow.
4 thoughts on “Mountain Home”
Wow! All those photos are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
WOW! Looks beautiful! You are by far my favorite author, and I always planned to move to Colorado and live in a log home! I found this completely coincidental! The place looks great! Hopefully I will get some new books in the future!
This is what I call remote and a place without too many distractions. I grew up in the mountains and what better place to be than in a log cabin writing another story. Now, I know what’s at the end of the rainbow, it’s your desk. When I discovered your book last year, A Beginning, A Middle, and An End, it was just the beginning of wanting to read more of your books. I have read all of your series about Dimwood Forest and would like to have my own personal set. One day perhaps I’ll have an opportunity to meet you and get your autograph.
Avi, the pictures are lovely! I’ll enjoy sharing them with my sixth graders–your books have always been some of my best read-alouds! Keep at it please.