Nesting, Nesting 1-2-3-4
Snowshoeing several weeks ago I startled a downy woodpecker. She flew from a perfect round hole in the decapitated, shoulder…
Category: Day to day
Flattery. Simple Pleasure #4.
Filling the wood box, a frequent task, is satisfying. There, a chore is done. Chopping, slicing, sauteeing, blending flavors, and…
Spring snow, sweet syrup
Boots and shovels then tee shirts and rakes, stoke the stove and open the window, freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw, spring,…
Last bites and button boxes.
The corn honey from Mexico is dark amber, with a creamy sweetness made sweeter since each spoon carries memories of…
Firsts, sweet and bittersweet.
April first is not the beginning of the year, but it carries a sense of newness, of spring, of the…
By the way signs
No swimmin, but is swimming ok? Also referred to as three inches of partly cloudy
Same old same old, isn’t it amazing.
Every morning: wake up, stretch, head outside, sunrise salutations, hoop, go to work. So predictable. So unvarying. So monotonous? No,…
Mussels-by-the Sea
It was 50°, sunny and calm, and the tide was right. Implacable Man, Kym and I went to the shore…
Snowseats and Cat gets a Name
The snow that brought Cat into our lives is hanging on. And so was his nameless condition. But he is…
Help name this kitty
He was found in a blizzard in Northern Maine, outside the police station of a small town on the Canadian…