Don't See in Here

Did you ever notice that all the field guides to flowers (we have five, including at least two editions of Peterson’s) are about wildflowers?  Me neither (despite the obvious clue: FIELD guides).  I noticed this week because, as noted earlier, Alex and I went to Shelburne Falls.  [...]

I’ll be back tomorrow night – but in the meantime, here’s one of my favorite images from the weekend :-)

Did you ever want to scrub your brain out with soap?
Don’t get me wrong – yesterday was a fabulous day.  I had another way-overdue, hour-long phone conversation with my best friend.  I drove up to North Adams with great tunes on the radio, and I got a parking spot right outside Alex’s townhouse.  We took [...]

The white shoes are tucked away.  I have shiny black pencils and a new outfit or two; I put the heat on for the first time last night, and the leaves are turning: my solar year draws to a close.

This is some of the finest of New England’s weather.  One could argue that late May [...]

And she drank 13.333 gallons at our first pit stop!

This car is not just cute because she’s a Subaru, or because she’s in excellent shape inside and out – the engine runs like glass, like buttah!  And it’s quiet (“Is it on?”) and low-pitched.  And the POWER! [...]