Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
I am not fond of spring. Of course, I like the warmth and the end of shoveling snow. I love flowers and birdsong. Bees are rather funny when they first waken in the springtime. I don't even mind the lengthening days, though I do wish the neighborhood robins would sleep in on the weekends. At… Continue reading The Daily: 18 April 2023
The weather finally caught up with the calendar — and then it ran right on into July. It was over 80°F for the last several days. This is extremely unusual for April. Burlington was setting daily record high temperatures. My town probably was also, but records aren't as complete here. For comparison, in central Vermont,… Continue reading The Daily: 17 April 2023
April 15th is Tax Day for the United States. In most years taxes are due on this date, though exceptions are made for weekends and recently COVID seems to have added on extra days. In 2023, individual tax returns must be filed by Tuesday, April 18th. I don't know anyone who puts it off that… Continue reading The Daily: 15 April 2023
We cannot hope to achieve any sort of perfection in a society which is divided into two parts: rich people who rule the world and poor people who obey their orders. — Tolstoy in his Calendar of Wisdom for 14 April If you have an income without working hard, then someone worked hard without an… Continue reading The Daily: 14 April 2023
I've been reading Art Goodtimes', Dancing on the Edge: The McRedeye Poems, during my morning meditation time. This collection draws out laughter and head-shaking, tears and hope. Goodtimes, himself, is an intriguingly contradictory person. He studied to be a Roman Catholic priest and then turned rather feral on points of religion. His poetry reveals a… Continue reading The Daily: 13 April 2023
There have been many good writes this month. My All Poetry site is overflowing with kudos. (For those unfamiliar with that platform, there are contests and awards.) So I'm sharing a few here. beyond words so much invested in these sounds and symbols so much granted to meanings and myths we bequeath primacy to numeracy… Continue reading The Daily: 12 April 2023
I'm a third of the way through National Poetry Month. Touch wood, but I haven't missed a day yet. Nor have I slacked much on this blog. But today I have a repost for you. It's a story I first wrote about thirty years ago. I've tweaked it repeatedly in the decades since, but the… Continue reading The Daily: 11 April 2023
Prune forsythia and lilacs after they flower. — The Old Farmer's Almanac First Planting Day! Peas and fava beans, soaking I gambled on the weather, betting that last night's freeze will be the last dip below 25°F and this week's projected 70s warmth will be as inspirational to the seeds as it is to me.… Continue reading The Daily: 10 April 2023
Last March I did some very rough calculations to see if it is possible to feed eight billion people without further turning this planet into a monoculture of humans. While these figures are in no way admissible in peer-reviewed publishing, I did conclude that it is possible to sustainably grow enough food on one acre… Continue reading The Daily: 7 April 2023
The fifth moon of my solar year is the Sap Moon. It is new between 24 February and 24 March, full between 10 March and 7 April. This is a period of rapid change. The Sap Moon rarely sees the same weather from year to year. When it’s early in the solar calendar, this month is… Continue reading The Daily: 6 April 2023
By My Solitary Hearth 