Recent Stuff

… on touching grass (and me… and you)

July 14, 2026

Kids these days – and by kids I mean my thirty-something first born – have a saying that goes something like/exactly like, “touch grass”. They (including she) seem to say this during discussions about the use of our phones for everything from texting to social media stuff, because the use of such things may be... Read more...

Think A Little

… on poop day 2014 (an oldie but a goodie)

April 06, 2026

Note: Today, whilst coming through the back yard after our walk, I sidestepped one of Belle’s ‘winter’s gifts’. Now that there is no snow in our back yard, it is – indeed – that time of year. I smiled at my Nearly Perfect Husband, and said – in my best camel voice – “poop DAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!”.... Read more...

Think A Little

… on a garden from the inside out

March 23, 2026

Years ago, a former neighbor’s daughter-in-law (perhaps in her late sixties at the time (though I am terrible at guessing someone’s age (she could have been twenty three)) interrupted her walk to stop and chat as I was cutting some flowers from my long, roadside border. She began a bit of small talk, but seemed... Read more...