What better way to celebrate Venus’ transit of the Sun today than with a good old fashioned downpour. The term I once heard a baseball announcer use to describe a rain delay was a frog strangler. I always thought that was sort of weird. Not…
Love these afternoon thunderstorms in the summertime. Makes me think of lazy days at the pool. Hot as the devil. Aquamarine pool. Shockingly cold on first plunge. Tadpoles with an appetite for snack bar fries and milkshakes. The three of us napping in the sun.…
My Father, who is pushing 90, is a textbook example of what good genes and a healthy lifestyle can do for you. He likes to drop by with the excuse that he wants a cup of coffee. I know he’s been up since 6AM and…
The empty eggshells we found today make me sad. Kids All grown up. Parents still here, thank God, but the seasons seem to be speeding up, and I don’t like it. We lost an anchor tenant in the neighborhood last week. My friend who lived…
Early morning in the Grand Tetons. Very quiet. Slightly smokey. Little quakes here and there. From here, on to Yellowstone. For the next week I have the uneasy feeling of being a lobster on top of a gigantic pot about to boil.
Somebody in the neighborhood is cooking bacon. Or is it pancakes? Or maybe a dead chipmunk? Whatever it is, it is very interesting and tempting, but not worth getting up for. I love to watch the girls. They are endlessly entertaining. What I imagine they…