Thursday, July 13, 2023

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Happiness is clover when you have no manure


  

 Clover is the best way of improving clays, where manure is scarce.

-- John Mortimer (c.1656-1736)

Friday, June 16, 2023

Monday, May 29, 2023

Decoration Day


 
 Embrace again, my sons! be foes no more;
Nor stain your country with her children's gore.

-- John Dryden

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Friday, April 28, 2023

Happiness is fresh spring air


 Gentle gales,
Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense
Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole
These balmy spoils.

-- John Milton

Monday, April 3, 2023

Thursday, March 30, 2023

You don't have to be rich to biddy biddy bum

 

Otherwise, I putz in my yard. I do a bit of writing. Once in a while, I have small get-togethers at my apartment. I’m kind of embarrassed by how deeply satisfying and comforting my simple routines are, and by how much I care for my cats. 

More.

Monday, March 27, 2023

Happiness is Dave's Good Seed Bread

 Especially toasted with butter and cherry jam, accompanied by scrambled eggs and coffee.

What a breakfast!

 



Sunday, March 12, 2023