Searching for a Balance

 I've been reading "The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion". I kept running into glowing praises of the "journals" ...

 We've had such beautiful weather this week - so welcome, after the Previous Awful. And the nights are in the fifties lately! Very unusu...

 Less than an hour before dark, and I see the sun gilding the trees in the back yard. After an overcast and rain on-and-off day. Tomorrow wi...

I sat at my sewing table a few minutes ago and there before me was a beautiful sunset, all pink and gold. I have no idea how to photograph s...

The purple-leafed plum was blooming a week ago, and it was exciting to see: the first blooming tree. Four days later, it was over! We did ha...

 The paths my brother plowed for the rabbits are getting wider, the grass in them is more visible. Water was running into the drains at the ...

Spring is definitely in the air! It's warmer, but not terribly; but the birds are singing, the daylight lasts longer, the paths my broth...

There are days which can only happen in October, and today was one of them. What I mean is, golden leafed trees, heavy rain giving an even w...

  We're back to dry, cooler days after two or three of warm and humid; there was plenty of rain, too, including a thunderstorm Saturday....

 That was Coleridge. And oh, a day of cool air, breezing in my window, puffy clouds all over the sky! But I didn't move fast enough to r...

 Oh my goodness, the perfect day. And in August, of all things!  It's been a summer of so many hot, hot days, and so much humidity. Toda...

 It's been more like mid-March: cold, and snow predicted three times this past week. Neighboring towns got it when we didn't - until...

 It rained, heavily, a while ago. I think it's going to be drier after this - the air, I mean. This week we've had a reprieve from t...

 Another day which turned out better and warmer than expected, or predicted. My thermometer read sixty eight!! We are going to be spoiled. I...

 It was cold today, mid-thirties and breezy, but the sun was bright and there's something in the air - spring! The birds are singing a l...

 We had two or three summery days last week. I had the week off; my co-workers have often told me that I pick the best weeks to be on vacati...

 Juicy strawberries from the farmers' market, courtesy of a very nice friend.

The snow has vanished - it's fifty one degrees. Tomorrow is the feast of St. Patrick, and the grass is suddenly green!

  Well, the last day of February, and we have our first *real* snowfall. And, contrary to what I expected, a snow day! The library and other...

Jack came by; he does beautiful work. It was nine below zero this morning, and during the day in the teens, with excessive wind yesterday - ...