Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
It's the last week of autumn in my calendar. Just as well, because they're predicting snow by Thursday. The forecast started out as "well, it's going to be cold enough so if stuff falls from the sky, it might be snow". This morning that turned into "best dig out the snow shovel". I think they're… Continue reading The Daily: 27 October 2025
We had our first frost last Friday with a sustained low of around 26°F that lasted half the night. Most of the veg garden died. Some of the trees finally decided to get going on fall, those that aren’t already bare, that is. The honey locust is dotted with gold droplets amongst the green. The… Continue reading The Daily: 16 October 2025
I got my bi-monthly water bill last week. After a bit of mild cardiac arrest, I decided that it was quite the effective underscore on my water use in July and August. Now, there was another rate increase this summer, but that was small compared to the use increase. With both increases combined, I am… Continue reading The Daily: 8 September 2025
Lughnasadh It is Lughnasadh. This is my favorite time of year. Some may love midwinter twinkle; others may love the summer sun. But I live for the autumn blaze. The cooling weather, the increasing darkness, the slowing pace and renewed time for reading and introspection. The color and pageantry of fall. The scents of leaf… Continue reading The Daily: 1 August 2025
I'm not feeling it this year... I have the hat. I have the broom. I have a house full of actual pumpkin spice from the bread in the oven. But... the trees are all bare... it's snowing... and I just feel grey... Hallowe'en was the best holiday of the year when my kids were young.… Continue reading The Daily: 28 October 2024
Autumn rolled in last week. The mountains are not green, but a glorious pumpkin orange. The late apples are ripening. Several farms put the early glut of winter squash on sale already. My favorite place, Burtt's, is doing 3 pie pumpkins for $10 and 5 winter squash of any size and variety for $30. That's… Continue reading The Daily: 7 October 2024
Things to look forward to... reading a favorite book... again Movies based on books often have me yearning to repeat reading the book. Most movies do not touch me the way printed words do. I miss the nuance and the imagining. Books are more intimate conversations with a story and with a storyteller. So... We… Continue reading The Daily: 2 October 2024
A Note on Time and Maples In my part of the world, today is almost exactly an hour shorter than the summer solstice. It took 44 days to drop this hour off the day, much of which time the days hardly changed. But now the changes are becoming more pronounced. It will only take another… Continue reading The Daily: 3 August 2024
Lughnasadh It is Lughnasadh. This is my favorite time of year. Some may love midwinter twinkle; others may love the summer sun. But I live for the autumn blaze. The cooling weather, the increasing darkness, the slowing pace and renewed time for reading and introspection. The color and pageantry of fall. The scents of leaf… Continue reading The Daily: 1 August 2024
Lughnasadh It is nearly Lughnasadh. This is my favorite time of year. Some may love midwinter twinkle; others may love the summer sun. But I live for the autumn blaze. The cooling weather, the increasing darkness, the slowing pace and renewed time for reading and introspection. The color and pageantry of fall. The scents of… Continue reading The Daily: 31 July 2023
By My Solitary Hearth 