This winter has seemed like Ground Hog Day...all winter long.  The days are dark and unusually short.  I swear this year they seem much shor...

The smooth face of a butter-cream surf-sanded shell The marvelous smooth pre-kissed cheek of a grandchild The starfish shaped prints in ...

This is my favorite time of year.  Days are cool enough for roast chicken dinners.  I harvested the last of the garden vegetables and the...

(I got this in an email and my research on the Internet says it was "submitted by Debbie, Middletown."  Needless to say I do not k...

The local theatre brochure arrives by post. I peruse and mark those entertainments that look promising. Unfolding the town paper, I scan...

(The title above is in homage to the season finale of the TV show, Damages which I am way too addicted to watching.) Friko commented on ...

Today was the oddest day. It started out in the 50s (F) and then climbed to the 60's. A batch of orange robins had flown in the night be...

Today is December 13. We are only 12 days from Christmas. While we have had one or two feathery dusts of snow, this is what my backyard loo...

( Photo above I took from the deck yesterday evening as the sun was setting across the river and my weary body was screaming for rest. Clic...

The days are now crisp and clean and clear and the sky is children’s storybook blue. Clouds are downy and plump as they drift above. Belo...

The morning’s warm humid caress Falls upon the child’s perfect arm. The spicy smell of a vine’s blossoms Halts all but our soft intake of b...

Waves of heat fry the brain Drops of sweat fall like rain Pulsing in and pushing out Mother weather shows her clout Humid air and growing we...

I can remember a long time ago when the start of summer meant sleeping late and then moving to the hammock outside on the lawn, still in m...