Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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My good and wise friend Liz Engstrom has got me thinking about where I stand when I look at my world. Perhaps because I’m myopic and can’t see much at all beyond about one foot from my nose, I’m very into what’s in the room with me, what I can understand based on what I…
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In a burst of hopeful enthusiasm that befalls me every January, I decided to name the year 2012 as the year of finishing. I thought it would help me get stuff done. But I cleverly didn’t specify what I would be finishing in 2012, and now here I am halfway through February and I have…
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I planted hellebore to see something blooming in the garden in February. This little guy fills the bill. And any day now, the daphne with its tiny intoxicating blossoms will kick in, too, and I will suddenly want to be outdoors again. Having grown up in places where winter covers everything with snow and blooming…