...and the ants won. Well, perhaps it's more of a truce. They remain entrenched under our deck -- with mysterious access to a curve in our kitchen window that I suspect has been carved by many generations of their kind. Many, many generations. The wavy-glass and its surrounds are 102 years old. I, in contrast,… Continue reading I fought the ants…
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On yacht rock, Watergate and the charms of car chases
"Follow the money." Deep Throat "Are you a moviehead now?" our younger daughter asked. I'd been texting a list of things we've been watching -- many of them requiring English subtitles but with All the President's Men and the occasional Jason Bourne flick thrown in to give my husband a break. ( I may have… Continue reading On yacht rock, Watergate and the charms of car chases
Molting vs. empty nesting
“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.” ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick I threw my favorite dress away last night. It felt a bit disrespectful to leave it lying helplessly in the kitchen trash, its brown field and white polka dots crumpled next to… Continue reading Molting vs. empty nesting
Enough to face the killing frost
"Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” Humbert Wolfe, British poet There's not much left in the garden. But, it's enough to sustain life through these last days, weeks of the season. A handful of cosmos, a butterfly bush, a bit… Continue reading Enough to face the killing frost
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 