Continue Reading The risen cream of all the milkiness of maytime… That’s what H.E.Bates called hawthorn. Hmmm. Must have known only the white ones, so prevalent in english hedgerows and pastures. They do…
Continue Reading Liberation Day Last Saturday, April 25, 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of Italy’s Liberation from the Italian Fascists and Nazi occupation of World War…
Continue Reading Have Room, will travel. “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” ― Blaise Pascal, Pensées I wouldn’t go as far as Pascal….
Continue Reading All this to prove we cared. Lots of birds on yesterday’s walk, searching for and bringing back nesting materials, some birds in their bright mating colors already. I was…
Continue Reading Yiddish Lesson I had said no talk of the virus this week. But that doesn’t mean I can’t talk politics…. or more precisely a…
Continue Reading Quotidien Observations I know I am repeating myself but where would I be without my friends who are sending me all this cool stuff?…
Continue Reading Fashion History On my walks I often encounter jays. They pop up left and right, strutting about, flitting in and out, curious, loud and…
Continue Reading Antidote So here I am wrecking my head over what I could possible offer this week to cheer us all up and distract…
Continue Reading Sky “Dancing is generally believed to be a normal part of motor development …. and thwarts aggression, relieves tension, and strengthens the pair…
Continue Reading Fields There they were in the fields, this Monday. Hundreds and hundreds of them. So much for social distancing…. Usually at this time…
