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Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:19:26 -0400

Carriage step and hitching posts. All of the horse head hitching posts around here have had their ears knocked off.

Sat, 23 May 2026 18:48:31 -0400

25 years ago, most of this garden was a lawn.

Wed, 20 May 2026 18:01:47 -0400

Hooray for May! Goats beard, clematis, and climbing roses.

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:28:33 -0400

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:09:35 -0400

The Haunted Smart House Lights turn on and off randomly; speakers in different locations of the house start blasting the Everly Brothers. And none of us knows how to fix it.

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:09:04 -0400

From Leah Libresco Sargeant’s latest newsletter:

I think feminism is, at its heart, a collection of people deeply concerned with what it means to be just to women, as women, not as defective men or generic, unsexed human persons. I certainly disagree with some other feminists on what justice consists of here, but I think we’re all concerned with fundamental asymmetries of sex and how to respond to them.

Well said.

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:58:42 -0400

I updated my now page.

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:32:17 -0400

back for seconds

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:06:22 -0400

a Northern cardinal for you, @miraz @jabel enjoyed your link re “millers,” do y’all call cardinals redbirds? (Do you say y’all?)

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:35:51 -0400

Starlings are colorful

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:03:55 -0400

Dinner guest

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:47:49 -0400

Such a great Caturday today! Here is my tuxedo girl looking festive. Of course black and white is elegant for every occasion.

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:11:11 -0400

My daughter’s cats, who ignore the umpteen other cat beds around the house to crowd into this one.

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:50:38 -0400

toggle switch for fall 🍂🍁

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:07:41 -0400

Teach Me to Care, Teach Me Not to Care

Caring in the right amount, about the right things, at the right time, gives us the energy and motivation to act on what matters. If your experience is anything like mine, however, you wake up at 3:00 a.m. caring too much about things you cannot fix.

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:25:23 -0400

We got to see Chris Thile play mandolin last night. Pure joy.

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:30:42 -0400

September, October, November = Pumpkintide where I live 🍁🥮🎃

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:22:43 -0400

AI musicians, AI actors, when will the first AI athletes show up?

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:43:48 -0400

Another Tablecloth Monster is interfering with my fall decorating!

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:21:01 -0400

As a former Catholic who has always loved Mary, I am glad August 15th is my baptismal anniversary.

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:17:13 -0400

Sign on refrigerator in my church’s kitchen

The Speed of the Soul

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:05:41 -0400

“I was young, and I knew I was in need of a mentor, someone who could teach me the art of sitting with others in therapy. (…) Our first meeting, over thirty years ago, was unforgettable. When we sat down, Clarke reached to his left, placed his hand on a large rock lying on a table, and said, ‘This is my clock. I operate at geologic speed. And if you are going to work with the soul, you need to learn this rhythm, because this is how the soul moves.’ Then he pointed to a small clock also sitting there and added, ‘It hates this.’”

p 60, Weller, F. (2015) The wild edge of sorrow: rituals of renewal and the sacred work of grief. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books.

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:35:03 -0400

The Ancient Art of Recombobulation: Manage Your Outward Time by Managing Your Inner Life

We do not usually turn to spiritual traditions for time management principles, but we ought to.

AI-free rubber stamps, courtesy of Leavenworth Jackson

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:35:11 -0400

Apple blossoms, from a tree espaliered along an iron fence.

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:59:05 -0400

Spring, in black and white. Zebra swallowtail and chickadee.