being not doing

We had planned to visit my family in Ontario this weekend, but with the three feet of snow we’ve gotten in the DC area this week, we postponed that trip until after the thaw. Which is good, because the weather they’re getting on the other side of the Lakes this week is likely to [...]

After a completely gray and rainy Sunday, we took advantage of the beautiful clear weather to walk around Lake Artemesia. I can’t remember the last time I was up there; they’ve completely repaved and widened the path around the lake, and have removed at least one tree the roots of which were growing up [...]

This year we celebrated the new year with the Still Water folks at a New Year’s Day brunch. The highlight of the event is the visit from the mindfulness oracle (or maybe The Mindfulness Oracle), who delivers what you need in the new year via chapters from the Tao Te Ching.
Apparently, what I need [...]

Apparently, I am getting a blizzard for my birthday. While that puts the kibosh on the super secret birthday plans downtown, a foot of snow is a pretty good substitute (especially since the plans can be revisited after the holidays). Hopefully it won’t prevent folks from gathering here for Christmas, but it’s going [...]

This autumn found us with a number of refugee plants on our porch that required a permanent spot in the yard. The sad demise of the hydrangea and the clethra twigs at the end of the summer left some space open, and we expanded the planted areas to include spaces in front of and [...]