There’s an odd, bright light in the sky this morning, and a strange bluish tint between the clouds. What could it be? Something to worry about? It seems benign enough — but so at odds with our recent weather but it does give pause.
The deer must be on the move around here, as Willie and [...]
It’s time for an animal update from Canterbury. Yesterday we said good-bye to Alex, our beloved 14-year old sheep. (Pokey and Scout, the “babies” are still alive and well, although missing their companion.)
Alex died peacefully and was buried near Nicholas (yes, they were Nicholas and Alexandra) at the edge of our field. I can see [...]
It’s gotta be Ravens-Eagles – obviously. The universe has spoken!
Yesterday the dogs brought home a big, wild turkey carcass. Willie did the heavy lifting, I’m sure – and Ruby probably took over once he had it out of the woods and at her feet. (I am very happy to report that I was blithely working [...]
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It’s day two of what continues to feel like a new era. Obama faces a plethora of daunting tasks, and we are on notice that for hope to burn bright, we need to roll up our sleeves and help. That’s the difference. Obama’s no white-haired GOP fake Father-Knows-Best, but a competent and inspiring leader who’s [...]
Yours truly went to see Willie Porter last night – an absolutely wonderful concert! It was one of his best (in my relatively limited experience as a groupie). He played a long and varied set and came back for several encores, with the folks at Tupelo going wild! He’s a guitar god … really … [...]
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… this morning … by a wild turkey! Yes, it’s true. While walking down the driveway to get the paper with Willie, he innocently stumbled upon the wild turkey nest in our field. We’d all been wondering where it was. Now we know.
Unhappily, he and I then somehow ended up caught between mama turkey and [...]
First, with apologies to T.S. Eliot, I must disagree with his assertion that APRIL is the cruellest month. Here in NH, March takes the cake. Second, with thanks to Ernest Hebert, I have to say that it wasn’t until I read his wonderful book, The Dogs of March that I realized just how cruel the month could [...]
After a great weekend of snowshoeing, basketball games, catching up on college news, etc. it’s now time to clean the house, and otherwise get up and running for the week. It’s a foggy, grey day here in NH – would be a good day for curling up with a book – but alas, chores call! [...]
Today I have NOTHING scheduled! I probably shouldn’t say that, as it’ll just upset you if you’re reading this before heading out the door to start your work week. It’s not that I won’t be doing stuff .. and not that some of it won’t be workish … but none of it is scheduled. Somehow that makes it all [...]
I recently spent a few days “away from it all” with Willie (a shy, sweet, black lab) at a rustic cottage that my brother, sister and I share in the Helderberg Region of New York. It’s a tradition going back quite a few years, for me to spend some days in November there.
The solitude is [...]
