I’m typically not a very sentimental person. I can do without all the Hallmark Holidays. The only feelings I care about are the ones that are unsolicited and genuinely offered, the ones that don’t have to be coaxed or coached, or require an appointed day.
I’m also not a saver of any kind of stuff, really. Except for a few pieces of Cait’s baby clothes I think she’d like to have, anything not in use gets given to friends or … Read More
When I was growing up, we lived out in the country where there were a lot of animals, but not a lot of kids. Animals were my constant companions. When I wasn’t busy with my horses, dogs, cats, and the cows (not ours) out in the back pasture, I’d amuse myself with my mind. Like my daughter, Caitlin, I wasn’t a great sleeper, so while lying awake at night I’d often play “What If” games.
Some of my “What If’s” … Read More
Go ahead. Laugh. Get it out of your system. I’ll wait.
Yes, I know I look like that guy in the Fargo movie. But I don’t care. This is still my favorite Christmas present, no matter what anybody thinks.
Kiera likes to walk everyday. Regardless of what the thermometer reads. I’m here to tell you — upstate NY gets COLD in the middle of winter. But me? I’ll be toasty warm in my ridiculous looking hat with the fake fur … Read More
From Earth & Sky online magazine:
The Geminid meteor shower is coming! It’ll peak during the night of Wednesday, December 13.
1. The Geminids are one of the year’s best meteor showers. The Gemininds often produce 50 or more meteors per hour, or nearly a meteor a minute.
2. This shower is one of the few that is as good to watch in the evening as after midnight.
3. Dark skies are essential. Find a place to observe in the … Read More
I needed to get a tool out of the garage to finish a project I was working on. As I turned on the light, there was a bat flying low and circling around the garage. Then it starting flying around the light. I quickly opened the garage door, waved my arms and yelled, “No, not the light! Go to the dark! Go to the dark!”
Guess it’s all a matter of perspective…… Read More
There are two times in life when we count by halves. One is when we’re under the age of ten, and we’re half way between one birthday and the next. We’re still young enough for it to feel as though a year stretches on forever. So making it a whole six months more is worthy of being marked and counted. “I’m six and a half!” says my friend’s daughter with great pride. I’m excited for my friend’s daughter, because I … Read More
Cait says from the backseat of the car, “Mom, there’s a tick on your shirt.”
Just having gotten into the car after a family hike through the woods, I get back out, find the tick (it’s a deer tick of course), and pick it off. Climbing back into the car, I say to Andrew, “Can’t blame that tick on the dogs.”
Andrew, who’s just contracted Lyme disease again from a tick he believes he picked up from one of the … Read More
With the holidays coming up, I thought you might enjoy discovering Penzeys. It’s an online herb and spice store that has the best herbs and spices I’ve ever come across. The flavor is superb. If I don’t grow it in my garden, I get it from Penzeys.… Read More
