This Dog Is Learning New Tricks

I try to limit my rabbit holes to things I really care about. If I fall into them and they … More

Animal Magnetism

Is it the Chinese year of the rat or mouse or rodents in general? No? I guess it’s the year … More

Top 5 Reasons Being 56 Is Awesome

OK, so this is actually a rerun from when I turned 50. That was an awesome year for me. This … More

The Marauding Garden Gang

I often enjoy the fiction that I am a unique person who has unique experiences and somehow that makes me … More

Partial Eclipse of the Brain

So the good news is I’m not as far gone as I thought in this post-pandemic haze. And as far … More

Feeling Wonky

And not the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory kind of wonky. Sooooo, how’s your post-pandemic social reentry coming? I … More

Guerrilla Sweet Potatoes: Deployed

Over two weekends featuring classic New England weather — Memorial Day Weekend, which was raw, 50 degrees, and pouring rain, … More

I Got Those Aphids in the Lettuce Blues

So about this gardening thing. I took the big leap and committed to 9-10 potted vegetables and herbs this year, … More

Gahden 2021 and Mawnstah Hostas

Did you feel that change in the Force? For 2 weekends I was doing serious gahdening. None of this amateur … More

The Jets and the Sharks

There are these very interesting trees near my house, and I’ve been meaning to take a picture of them every … More