A Whole New Way to Knit
Summer is a good time for cherries and drupes in general, so I get lots of insights into the chewing and eating of cherries. It feels weird to chew cherries with my teeth. My ordinary method is to bite the Read more…
July 19, 2018
All my life, I’ve heard other people say “But it will make it harder to clean.” The argument never swayed me. If someone was worth having or doing, the fact that it made things harder to clean was unfortunate, but Read more…
As I was eating a bowl of cherries one morning last week, I wondered how much we really need to chew our food. When I was a child, there were characters in books who said that we should chew each Read more…
July 15, 2018
We’ve lived in this place in the forest for 32 years. We never saw a Wilson’s warbler long enough to identify it until last year when we found a stunned female Wilson’s warbler in the road. I held her until Read more…
July 11, 2018
used to be when the waters of love lapped around my ankles the tide tugged insistently i found myself in the salty deep cold water over my head swimming free in exultation no matter that I soon landed back on Read more…
July 5, 2018
i take my tea and snacks to the front steps so i can watch the butterflies bloom orange and black they rush around the lower air tumbling over one another desperate to mate before they die brushfoots american ladies bursts Read more…
July 4, 2018
Yesterday, I saw the bumpersticker “If you like freedom, thank a soldier.” My grandparents were career navy, so I have great respect for those who serve in the armed forces, and I gladly thank them for their service. I have Read more…
Do you know those bumperstickers that say “If you can read this, thank a teacher?” Reading has been one of the joys of my life since age 4. I started reading on my mother’s knee, sounding out the words in Read more…
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