Keeping Up the Good Fight

Happy new year and all that jazz. As a friend pointed out, January 1 is such an arbitrary deadline to … More

An Offer I Can’t Refuse

I have spoken before about all the “helpful“ garden advice about deterring animals from munching on, digging in, and running … More

Empathy Is Wicked Hahd

I’m reading an Irish book about empathy; it’s called Ionbha: the Empathy Book for Ireland. The proceeds from the book … More

Gahden of Expectations

Although it’s been a mild fall here in Boston, the gahden knows the time of year, and the plants started … More

Hope Is a Thing with Baby Fruit

It’s been a strange gahden year, or if we’re being positive, it’s been a year to learn stuff about plants … More

Psst. Nature’s Pissed.

Don’t look now, and keep your voice down, but with all this rain, you should know that the mushrooms are … More

Can I Hear You Now?

I originally published this in 2016, and I was telling some new friends about this hearing test saga. I can’t … More

You Can’t Save White People

I am dedicating this blog to my friend Beth, who I love to make laugh, and she does me the … More

Stonehenge (in Merry Old New Hampshire)

So here we are in 2023. Are you still standing? If so, good for you. If not, we’ll try to … More

Algorithm, Shmalgorithm

So, I was looking for a dress for a fancy work occasion. I don’t mind wearing fancy dress, as the … More