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Happy May Day! Hope someone has given you a fistful of flowers in celebration. Ancient pagans honored May Day as the beginning of summer and I’m inclined to join them this year. For me, that’s an easy call. Our summer travel is coming early this year; we are going to Switzerland later in May and […]
Early yesterday morning, while Mick and I walked our dog, a rosy finch flittered erratically above our heads, then came to rest on the asphalt not far from our feet. Its little chest heaved, its feathers were askew, and it looked at us as if to say, I don’t know why I can’t fly. We […]
Finally, the weather is nice, the sun has made an appearance, the snow is (once again) melting into oblivion. As I write this on Tuesday afternoon, clouds are moving in, clouds that have potential for a spring thunderstorm, for the sort of cleansing rain that washes winter into the storm sewer. I just spent several […]
Just as spring has begun to unfold around here, we are under a winter weather watch – a potential blizzard is bearing down on Minnesota. As I write this on Tuesday afternoon, my weather app says expected snowfall here in the next 48 hours is 8-12 inches (less than the 15 predicted yesterday), and wind […]
Yesterday, I got the nicest surprise in my snail mail. My friend Zannah Martin’s new book Song of Sarai arrived. I’ve known Zannah for many years and she’s worked on one variation or another of this story for the entire time I’ve known her, allowing me the pleasure of seeing many of those drafts. That the […]
Spring is unfolding and I’m feeling better than I’ve felt in weeks. Turns out I had a sinus infection and didn’t realize it until last week when I had such bad vertigo I couldn’t move. Plugged ears, full sinuses, ensuing dizziness – not the stuff that encourages creativity. In fact, all I could do was […]
At last, things are warming up out there. Rain has arrived, wonderful bone-chilling snow-diminishing March rain. Never mind that everything outside is a mess. This rain makes me hopeful, happy, in the mood to write and cook and have conversations, ready to think about what lies ahead instead of sinking into late-winter doldrums. In fact, […]
Even though the snow on the deck of our house is still up to my knees, I’m sensing a shift in the light, the breath of a new season. Winter is waning, no matter what the depth of the snow may be. Along with the shifting light and that promise of change, I’ve been thinking […]
Okay, I admit it – even I am over winter at the moment. What finally pushed me over the edge was having my keys locked in my car in Minneapolis on Saturday night. Anyone out there have a Honda HRV with an auto-lock feature? Yup, it bested me. I unlocked my car to get my […]
I think I have mid-winter brain. Never mind that I like winter most of the time. I am still susceptible to hunkering down so much I get lazy and sluggish. My energy has almost disappeared. It’s work to put on coat and boots and go anywhere. Tuesday was a good example. An enormous full moon […]
