PinnedGiles SnyderMy Review Of A Hike Up Mount Porte CrayonIt’s been a week since I turned off the TV, struggled out of my favorite chair and went … outside.4 min read·Oct 7, 2021----
Giles SnyderThe Blackwater Chronicle — Chapter TwoIf you’ve just stumbled upon this newsletter, let me catch you up.9 min read·Jun 20, 2022----
Giles SnyderThe Blackwater Chronicle — serializedWish I had thought of serializing DHS’s The Mountains while I was reading and posting about the series earlier this year.9 min read·Jun 13, 2022----
Giles SnyderFinally getting around to reading The Blackwater ChronicleYou might be wondering why I’ve waited until now to mention The Blackwater Chronicle in this newsletter.3 min read·May 20, 2022----
Giles SnyderMy Porte plan got washed outI should have known it’d be a bad idea to start asking for paid subscriptions to The Porte Crayon Applejack Society.3 min read·May 13, 2022----
Giles SnyderIt’s going to be a Porte Crayon kind of summerThis, as it turns out, is one of those weeks in which I have no clue.4 min read·Apr 25, 2022----
Giles SnyderCoffee with Porte CrayonI generally avoid any coffee that I don’t make myself.4 min read·Mar 12, 2022----
Giles SnyderThe death of Porte CrayonSit down and pour yourself some applejack.3 min read·Mar 8, 2022----
Giles SnyderChivalry comes to “THE MOUNTAINS”Welcome to the final installment of David Hunter Strother’s The Mountains, in which the Old South’s ideas about medieval chivalry are on…4 min read·Mar 5, 2022----