Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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A small grocery store (of the variety you see in New York City neighborhoods, or in Paris for that matter) is six blocks from our house and it has a full complement of the foods we buy. It drew us out this morning, on the hunt for shallots, garlic, onions and green beans. Despite the…
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I have been trying, since winter closed in around me, to find the beauty in this grayer season. But yesterday and today, I’m pulling up images of warmer more colorful places and times. Today’s pleasure — places I’ve kayaked (clockwise from top left): Cameron Lake, Waterton National Park, in September; Eklutna Lake, Alaska in June;…
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A three-week trip to Europe last year taught me to plan for travel fatigue It was pretty simple, really. Stepping out into lush park or garden surroundings works at home to both sooth and energize. And it turned out to be a good antidote for the exhaustion that goes hand in hand with managing an…