Recent Stuff

… 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...

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...