Searching for a Balance

 I look out my window into the night, and see fireflies flashing everywhere. I’d like to see them close up, but it’s not supposed to get bel...

 We've had some people leave the library for various reasons, so I've worked a few double shifts - not exactly double, but I stayed ...

 When I'm not too tired, I go out after dark (a little after nine), and look for the fireflies. This is their time, the peak of firefly ...

 The birds are quieter, the fireflies are increasing and a mockingbird sang a brief concert on the power line. The air gets more humid, but ...

I just went out across the brook to watch the fireflies. Sunset was half an hour ago, and it's not very dark yet, but getting to be. I s...

 I saw a firefly last night -  only one. So far. Just for the record.

 I am still reading the Gladys Taber; it was the February chapter and she was talking about the bird bath water which had thawed. I suddenly...

 "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."*                               ...

 I finished washing the dishes rather late - it was almost dark. Almost, but you could still see shapes of trees and other things. And firef...

The fireflies are out there, darting and twinkling. I brought my ipad outside, thinking to film them. I couldn't. Is it possible? But wh...

I have surprised myself at how well I'm doing with my hand warmers - I've only had to rip it out once, and that was at the beginn...

I spent the better part of a half-hour trying to photograph fireflies out my bedroom window tonight.  Nothing. "There is certainly so...