• The Bots and the Bees

    This year, against popular advice (read: stuff I’ve read on the internet) I didn’t pinch back the blooms on my coleus plants. Toward the end of the summer little buds appear which turn into stalks of little purple flowers. According… Continue reading

    The Bots and the Bees

  • Hope Is A Stack of Color-Coded Index Cards

    There are neon colored business cards in various piles in my office, which can only mean one thing—Staples was having a good sale. Well, yes, that and also I’ve been outlining a new novel idea. It’s a somewhat complicated book… Continue reading

    Hope Is A Stack of Color-Coded Index Cards

  • We Have New Neighbors (At Last)

    Something that we were starting to think might never happen finally did. Our new next door neighbors (aka Ron’s parents) finally moved in. To recap, last year we were told the house renovation project next door would be done by… Continue reading

    We Have New Neighbors (At Last)

  • Down the Shore

    I’ve recently returned from a long weekend trip down to the Jersey Shore. My sister, brother-in-law and nephew made the trek down from Maine, while my world-traveling parents headed up from whatever their previous port of call was. We hit… Continue reading

    Down the Shore

  • Lunches and Wildlife (sort of) Sightings

    My parents are in the midst of a more-than-a-month-long trip to New Jersey and other northern points. Last week I met up with them for a couple of lunches. First, a lunch at a pizzeria owned by a friend of… Continue reading

    Lunches and Wildlife (sort of) Sightings

  • Do You Wanna Dance?

    Over the weekend my sister texted me a link to this Facebook video, which our cousin had sent to her. In case you don’t feel like watching a video, there’s a screenshot above, which gives you a pretty good idea… Continue reading

    Do You Wanna Dance?

  • Sunday Never Happened

    Since I did throw some shade on my family members and their challenges with technology in last week’s post, I feel it’s only fair to own up to my own tech failings, which led to pretty much an entire day… Continue reading

    Sunday Never Happened

  • Let’s Try This Again

    The theme of the week is let’s try this again. Or it’s one step forward, two steps back. Or maybe perhaps it’s two steps forward, one step back, she says optimistically. Whether it’s work getting done next door (yes, still)… Continue reading

    Let’s Try This Again

  • The Bears

    With everything we had going on this year, it had been awhile since we had the card in our trailcam to record our backyard visitors, but a few weeks ago, we found some time to put the card back in,… Continue reading

    The Bears

  • Strange Birds

    A nuthatch has moved into our flower pot. It’s a hanging basket filled with lantana flowers. Two mornings in a row I was watering the plant when a bird flew right in front of my face close enough that I… Continue reading

    Strange Birds