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...

Stole this blog title from an article I was reading in the local village voice this past weekend. The article I read in addtion to "...

Here is something that may be of interest to those of you who find birdwatching more than a past time. The Birdwatcher's Guide to Globa...

1) I still can't get the image out of my mind of hitting a brick wall and facing lots of unending silence when I retire. I am so bu...

Look at this shirt in the photo above. It looks pretty pathetic and used doesn't it? Looks like it has quite a history---maybe it was...

I had another one of those awful days at the office. People coming to complain about stuff I have no control over. Other people defending...

What does Johnny Depp have to do with my grandson? Well, pay attention and I will draw the lines. Hubby has been on travel for quite a wh...

This may be a little graphic for some of you. Those of you who have reached that time in your life where nothing shocks may get a chuckle...

I have always been addicted to flowers. I love planting bloomers and I love putting out those plants that provide something I can cut to...

I promised Sonia at Leaves of Grass that I would post my books. They are a little sparse compared to her other friends photos, but I have...

The name sounds like a dance or a bird call or a rhythmic clicking of tongue and tooth when pronounced. Perhaps a dance done by Indians in...

I got my questions from Maya's Granny , the deepest of thinkers in Alaska. Here are my questions to answer: 1. Name one thing that you w...

It is now 6:30 in the morning and I have been up for half an hour. I was awakened by the intermittent rushing noise outside, which I, at...

It had started out as a typical afternoon on one of the remote islands of the South Pacific. It was a relatively calm day with coconut fro...

I started a fight with about a thousand wild roses and a few hundred honeysuckle vines and just a dozen or so large grape vines that were tr...

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A quiz at the Room Without Walls .

Life has been a little crazy recently. Nothing bad, but I am still doing two jobs at work and both of them have become a little more deman...

Who was this man, the salt of the earth? The foundation of each day for me and others? His day was never filled with fire or passion. His da...

This little fellow (a titmouse) showed up on a regular basis over the weekend. He (she?) would stop at the deck chair and look at his/her ...