Strawberry Fields Til 3 PM
I had my first shifts at the farm last weekend. As always, I have to be circumspect about blogging about an employer, but of course I must share a little. […]
Category Archives: Downtown
O, I Am a Lonely Painter
I live in a can of paint, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell. I’ve been painting the dining room for forever. So many different sections of wall, so many little issues to […]
Feeling Skechy
Heyyy, its March 8, the Day Without a Woman. Apparently some of the keys on my keyboard are female because they have decided to not work, so bear wit me […]
If It’s Broke, Don’t Fix It
This week the heater decided to break. It’s currently 67 degrees outside, so I’m choosing to not think about it. If “winter” keeps going like this, maybe I won’t need […]
Live Here, Eat This
On Saturday, I got to spend some time in one of my favorite places: Chestnut Hill. As I mentioned in my last post, I had been wanting to visit Chestnut Hill’s […]
Christmas Simplicity
It’s coming on Christmas, and I wish I had a river I could skate away on, but I don’t so… I’m trying to keep things simple. When people have asked […]
The Why and the How of Chickens
I’ve been to many a meeting in 2016, but none so exciting to me as the one I went to last week about backyard chickens. I’ve been joking for years […]
Sandy Feet to Soccer Cleats
I have a cold, my dishwasher is broken again, I’ve spent much of this morning trying to outwit an escaped guinea pig, it feels like 100 degrees outside… but life […]
Every Night Is a Saturday Night
This week is odd. The boys are at a camp at their school from 8 to 3 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So we get up early, I make lunches, etc. […]
Places I’d Rather Be
In a subterranean home theater with leather recliners where the thermostat reads 65 degrees, watching Mad Men from start to finish. On a cruise to Alaska, like my neighbors. In Maine. […]
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