This week is about problem solving: the ongoing quest for solutions and the achievement of, at least, partial solutions. I’m talking about repairs and maintenance in the house, in the yard, and in my body.   The first order of business was solving the mystery of...

As spring progresses toward summer, and alternating days of rain and shine are the forecast, naturally town has become Mow Town.   Like the music from that record label I like so much?   Not exactly, 9, but those would definitely be good tunes to play...

Lessons from history. It’s a concept that has inspired many quotable quotes:   “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”                                                                                                 -George Santayana  ...

This week the strangest thing happened to me. Due to frustration over the way life turns out sometimes I was momentarily reduced to a childish level of emotion and actually whined “I try so hard to do everything right!”   This sentiment, as it happens, is...

Pillow talk. No doubt these keywords will draw a few extra clicks, as there is more than one interpretation of what they mean.   I remember watching a movie with that title.   We’ll get there in a minute, Lily, but for now you and 9 should probably close...

Hey everyone, I have great news! Remember the mystery flora from a few blogs back, the one that I thought might be a Shasta daisy, or possibly a carnivorous mobile plant as featured in the 1951 John Wyndham novel The Day of the Triffids?   Sadly, yes, I do...