Rooftops and deck wear a dusting of white this morning while other places not so far away got much more than a skift of snow yesterday. It is cold though. Shivery, toe-tingling cold. You know how a picture or a word or even a fragrance can stir a person’s memory. Yesterday the picture of an old-fashioned […]
Feb 22, 2015
Mr. Washington, Where Are You?
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Today is the birthday of the very first President of the United States, George Washington. Happy birthday, Mr. President! With Lincoln and Washington being lumped together on Presidents’ Day, I’m afraid that people will one day forget these two men had separate birthdays and our first President was born seventy-seven years before the sixteenth one. […]
Feb 21, 2015
Soggy Saturday
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The rain has washed almost all the snow off rooftops and grass. The ground drinks up the rain like a thirsty person downs a glass of water. The day is beginning in a dark, damp way and who knows what kind of weather will follow this soggy Saturday. This morning I watched part of a Smithsonian documentary […]
Feb 19, 2015
Not What It Seems
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I woke up this morning expecting to see another clear day dawning, as yesterday was. Instead, the sky is pewter gray, snow still covers rooftops and lawns and, actually, the weather looks as if more snow is on the way. If a very red sunrise is any indication, the day will be wintry. Does anyone […]
Feb 12, 2015
A Wild and Rollicking Critique
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Another critique has come and gone. It was really good to see all the critters. I am convinced that the ladies known as the Cozy Critters are among the world’s most talented (and also have the best sense of humor). Helen brought a denim afghan which she had made. Each denim square was fringed and […]
Feb 11, 2015
Hope
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It lifts its cheerful head above the grass each spring in the same place in my yard at about the same time, this bright yellow crocus. The oak tree that towers above it is still bare of leaves and dark. The ground isn’t yet warm so how does it know that it’s time to wake […]
