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In January as always I bought the annual bags of organic raised-bed potting soil, and cultivated my patch for spring. Then on Valentine’s Day, the hardware store had a happy find: organic vegetable seeds marked for 2026. I bought two … Continue reading →

Along the edge of the woods, scrubby pines are showing these cute capsules. Passersby might not enjoy my releasing allergens in the park, so I only played with a couple of the capsules, but it was interesting to see how … Continue reading →

In the park at the edge of the woods, blue flowers in light rain. (Update 4/25: a few more blue flowers bloomed and snuck in when we weren’t looking.)

The moon was in the news for sure — nearly full, waxing gibbous at 97+ percent, in “Blood Moon” color phase, and expected to rise at 5:22 pm with a full lunar eclipse later in the wee hours. Commuting homeward … Continue reading →

Sure, it’s a milder winter than it ought to be, and maybe we’re running out of snowpack, and maybe we’ll pay for that this summer. Meanwhile, we can just look around and notice little moments day by day, attend to … Continue reading →

The Village to Village Network nationwide has a chapter right up the street. They are quite the bunch of go-getters who have gone-got in life already, and are still at it now and full of new ideas. The VVN has … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s winter stroll along the water. Millions of people nationwide are facing dangerous weather, with low temperatures and heavy snow and sleet. And here we are, basking in the sun as our snowpack dwindles away. Here are more unexpected sights … Continue reading →

It’s a curiously mild winter this year; not a flake of snow, no frost yet really, and temperatures in the 50s all week. We had a couple of weeks of hard rain washing through, come and gone. If only that … Continue reading →

The Big Disclaimer: This reflection can come across as self-serving and whine-ridden, and of course despondency is a foundational sin to take to the Sacrament of Reconciliation on a regular basis. There’s always a keen appreciation that being able to … Continue reading →

Quince fruit (Cydonia oblonga) was a welcome new discovery, one that to more knowledgeable cooks is not new at all. This month two co-workers and one neighbor all shared their harvest supplies of quince, so it was time to study … Continue reading →