being not doing

Yesterday, on my rainy walk around town, I came across a (possibly resident) Yellow-crowned Night Heron stalking worms on the muddy town field. In the midst of a flock of robins all poking at the ground was this tall gray bird behaving as if it were at the edge of a pond. It was pretty [...]

Maybe it’s because I’m watching my spring bulb transplants like a hawk, but spring this year seems to be arriving ever so slowly. I’ve had only three crocuses bloom in the transplant bed, although six crocuses that I missed last year popped up in various places around the yard. The daffodils are just now opening, [...]

It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I’ve sat down to write anything here, for which I apologize. Of course, the longer the gap the greater the barrier to restarting. So this meta commentary is to serve as the restart. Go! During the interregnum I’ve been busy with life. We took a weekend (plus a [...]