Nearly every morning, when I wake up, the bed covers have been kicked, tossed, and otherwise molded into a loden cloud of duvet and... Read More
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… on gatherings (floral and faunal)
This morning I went outside to perform my very first garden chore of the season. I dug into the Potting-slash-Writing Room tool drawer, selecting... Read More
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… on kindnesses with tresses
It all started with a man bun. Well, to be fair, it started pre man bun. Half-Kid Jack¹ had graduated college (yay!), gotten a... Read More
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… on not waiting for the tripod
The other night the snow was still falling and landing softly on all the other flakes that had already bedded down. I’d been looking... Read More
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… on a decade of service
Today is HRH The Princess Bunny Blaze’s tenth birthday. I was not there on the day of her birth. But I was there, three... Read More
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… on boat and people stories
Right now and about an hour’s drive northeast of here, in the not-quite freezing waters of the Atlantic, pieces of a special wooden boat... Read More
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… on quiet glee
Fresh scone… raspberry jam… clotted cream. Free formed pottery plate, crystalized glaze, warm and deep… knife shared with friends and family often, over many... Read More
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… on yawns from screams
Small round snowflakes float on air Bouncing, Seuss-like, here… and there. All the while the blue sky beams And I dream of yawns replacing... Read More
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… on the who outside the bathroom door
Late this morning, I was in the bathroom with, I’m ashamed to say, my phone, when I saw the screen light up with a... Read More
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… on who transcended who
In the midst of a holiday season that sprinkled warmth and joy with pandemical particulates in each of our peripheral visions… A text. Two... Read More
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… on welcoming christmas
My brain got busy this morning before there was even a hint of light in the still-snoozing sky. Not being able to get... Read More
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… on helping(ish) miss judy
So. Those of you who have been reading for a while might remember my summer neighbor, Miss Judy, especially from a post I called,... Read More