Well, we still have not had a frost, though tomorrow night temperatures are supposed to "plummet" all up and down the eastern third of the country. We'll see what happens... It may be that we get to have highs in the 60s (°F) rather than in the 80s. Still much higher than what is expected… Continue reading The Daily: 7 October 2025
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The Daily: 4 January 2024
I have COVID again. So there may be illogic in the days ahead. Apologies... On the other hand, I am not allowed to be at work, and there isn't much work to do around the house. (And I can't do much anyway. COVID and rheumatoid arthritis don't get along. For example, my knees are swollen… Continue reading The Daily: 4 January 2024
Two Restoratives
How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) Barbara Kingsolver Harper, 2020 Dearly Margaret Atwood Ecco, 2020 It’s been a rough few years. The roughest bit may be that it’s not likely to be un-roughed. Maybe ever, but certainly not within my lifetime. We’ve lost loved ones to COVID, to violence, to depression. We’ve lost… Continue reading Two Restoratives
25 february 2022
eleven degrees and snowing furiously the world is monochrome and hushed yet through the center there are guns and tears and red ruptures through winter airs there are last sighs and new strains of death and melting ice under bereft bears i try to hold it all but it slides through preoccupied fingers tea takes… Continue reading 25 february 2022

