“If you don’t like the weather in New England, wait and it will change.” This year, in the strangest ways. In August, Hurricane Irene blew through, taking down one of my favorite backyard trees. It was huge with pink spring flowers and deep plum leaves. For days afterward, birds fluttered around the fallen limbs, as confused as I was mournful. …
Floating on my back on gentle waves, staring at blue skies with white puffy clouds, watching the gulls overhead . . . that’s not what I’ve been doing. I’ve been fighting the Rebellion of the Appliances! Yes, they heard I had a new resolution to ignore the chores and have more fun, and they banded together to make…
I would like to say THANK YOU to all of you who left such positive, supportive comments on my first ever post! I can see that this is SO much more FUN than doing laundry!! In keeping with my goal of having more fun without crossing off every item on my “chores to do” list, we are heading to CAPE…