Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
In my garden planner, I have ambitiously scribbled "plant summer squash, cukes, melons, and spinach". For the second year in a row... Not surprisingly, once again, I will not be following my schedule. It is not freezing, and it is raining — both good for germination — but it's not warm enough for cucurbit seeds… Continue reading The Daily: 11 May 2025
I've been reading Ross Gay for many weeks now. First The Book of Delights and now The Book of (More) Delights. One delight each morning starts my day off right. In the early essays of More Delights, Ross is finding delight in Vermont. (I imagine that he was writing these essays down at Middlebury College… Continue reading The Daily: 26 September 2024
The point is that in almost every instance of our lives, our social lives, we are, if we pay attention, in the midst of an almost constant, if subtle, caretaking. ... This caretaking is our default mode and it's always a lie that convinces us to act or believe otherwise. Always.— Ross Gay, The Book… Continue reading The Daily: 26 July 2024
In my garden planner, I have ambitiously scribbled "plant summer squash, cukes, melons, and spinach". Now that the day is here, I am reluctant to follow my schedule. It is not freezing, and it is raining — both good for germination — but it's not warm enough for cucurbit seeds to break dormancy. This family… Continue reading The Daily: 12 May 2024
As we wade into the center of February and prepare for the rites of Lupercalia and the newly rising spring, I thought I might allow Eliza Daley to take a Friday break and speak plainly as myself. Or as plainly as I am able. I do not think she is fitting for what I would… Continue reading Love Notes
My epiphany I had an epiphany over the holidays. Or rather an epiphany that has been growing all year has finally blossomed into full brilliant light. I finally made a new religion. There are no gods. Nor priests. I did decide that ordination would be good if only to officiate at life celebrations and to… Continue reading EarthCraft
We don’t like mothers very much in this country. Yes, this Sunday is Mother’s Day, but how do you feel about that? Obligated to make a phone call, a Zoom meeting? Did you slap your head, remembering that you need to get a card and mail it today if it’s to get there in time?… Continue reading Mother’s Day
By My Solitary Hearth 