The rains they have come…and come…and come.

From 6 inches of snow two days ago—to bare earth. The fence, which is falling down, has several posts gone, and we are trying to keep it upright until the guy from Home Depot can get back from the Caribbean and fix it. We are having the darndest time. Home Depot...

Six inches of snow. We have a stopsign in our yard…

We have striped weather—and this is the stripiest. We got six inches of snow yesterday and last night, and today it will start to rain and melt it all. Our river will rise, no question. And people, from timid, have gotten way cavalier about speed on our arterial...

The outer solar system has some intriguing mysteries…

Sedna is one. The notion that we have a loose planet or dim companion star that’s just too far out there and too dim to spot is not a case of “it’s weird, because….aliens” —but it’s still weird. Just one of those instances in...

Trying to simplify life, fewer to-dos, less stress…

We just need to relax a bit. I hit 4 pots of coffee a day, and that’s too much even for me. I’ve gone down to one. We had the annual conference with the bank guy…honestly, if your bank offers free financial/investment advisors, get one. Our guy is a...

Welcome to our new members!

I’ve put several people through today—and this is SOOOOO much easier, and really rather nice to get into communication via a letter, too. It’s snowing up a storm out there today—I ventured out for vegetables, blueberries and half a fish, but we...