Recent Stuff

… 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...

Think A Little

… on pointy teeth and full hearts

October 16, 2025

For many years (a little more than 33 in fact), whenever anyone else asked what it was like to be a mother – or a father, for that matter – a certain, wistful smile found it’s way to my face. It wasn’t – isn’t – a sad or longing wistful, but more a reflective, gently... Read more...

Think A Little

… on inside-out beauty

September 15, 2025

Just now, a male cardinal flew to the top of the wrought iron shepherds crook that holds my bird feeder – the one with the internal gadget that closes when something too heavy sits on its sitter-ring-thing, making it – apparently – squirrel proof. I believe it is called ‘The Squirrel Buster’, but ought to... Read more...