Picky Tongues — You have to choose one flavor that your sense of taste will no longer be able to distinguish. Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami, spicy (not a taste per se, but we’re generous): which one do you choose to… Read More ›
Month: June 2014
LOVE ME, LOVE MY TRACTOR
You may have noticed the old tractor in the middle of the garden. When we were trying to sell the house some years ago, a couple of potential buyers commented how they’d have to have it towed away. I put a… Read More ›
ORDINARY PLACES, EVERYDAY THINGS
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: Week 18 Among the pictures I take, there are some — such as these — that make me wonder why I am bothering, especially because there’s no obvious story, nothing particularly beautiful. Except that these… Read More ›
THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING
We spend too much time trying to figure out what life means and too little time doing the stuff we enjoy. I suppose it’s normal to wonder if the reason you are sick, broke, or miserable is the result of something… Read More ›
THE UNTENDED GARDEN ENDURES
More from our untended garden. It’s amazing how lovely it is without any human intervention. It’s also pretty good at defending itself. The hedge roses have lethal thorns and they have spread to the point of having taken over the… Read More ›
DON’T BE AFRAID TO LET THEM SHOW
Thoughts on your true colors by Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog “You with the sad eyes Don’t be discouraged Oh I realize It’s hard to take courage…” It’s hard to grow up with the perception that you are different from everyone… Read More ›
TECHNOLOGICALLY UNTETHERED
Writing Space – Where do you produce your best writing — at your desk, on your phone, at a noisy café? Tell us how the environment affects your creativity. If you’d asked this question a year ago, I would have said… Read More ›
LILIES AND ROSES
Despite the horrible condition of the garden as winter ended … and despite my not having done anything at all to improve the situation, nature appears to have triumphed. The garden is back. Maybe it’s the amazingly good weather we’ve… Read More ›
ELEMENTAL BOUNDARIES
Americans travel a lot and we don’t give it much thought. We take our car and go. To work, shopping, visiting or just tooling around. Despite the high cost of gasoline, we are addicted to our personal vehicles. Addicted to having them… Read More ›
CATSKILL COMEDIANS
Maybe you remember the old Jewish Catskill comics. Some of them went back to the old days of Vaudeville. Others are more recent. A fair number are alive and well, and a surprisingly large number are still working. Except the center of… Read More ›
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
Contrasts There’s something wondefully appropriate about the brightness of the sun slightly illuminating the dark entry hall, as if the light is calling to those inside to come out into the sun.
FRAMING THE SKY
This brilliant day was a perfect opportunity to use trees to frame that incredibly blue sky. It was an amazing color, almost surreal. I stepped back into the shade, the trees were silhouettes. I pressed the shutter. Voila. A summer sky, framed by… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 