The winds last week across much of the Midwest and Northeast were remarkable, both for their speed and their duration over three days. A new February record was set on…
Cold, yes, and windy, but I could not resist. Barr Hill in Greensboro. Just lovely.
I’ve had lots of practice this winter seeing what color snow is. What? I thought snow was just white! It certainly can be and often is bright white but it…
There are many things I love about this little city I live in. One special event is a lantern parade that happens in the dark of the year. The kids…
On February 9th each year, if the skies are clear, the planet has tilted enough that the sun briefly finds its way back in our kitchen window after a months’…
I find I’m often stuck in a small part of the real world I think I can somehow control or, perhaps, fully encompass. This beautiful snow coming down this morning,…
In this crazy world where total insanity so often seems to loom, I find great delight, comfort, and inspiration in the small wonders that abound. Perhaps the world is, in…
…enjoying the amazing agave plants that grow in Oakland. Many are huge—8 feet tall or more—and some threaten to devour pedestrians much as Audry II did in Little Shop! But…
A stop in Salt Lake City provided some stunning views of the mountains—so different from the rural surroundings and hills of Joseph Smith’s birthplace in Vermont. The ice on Utah Lake,…
I don’t fly as often as I used to, thankfully, and yet, whenever possible, I still choose a window seat on the shady side of the plane with a clear,…
