Was invited to ‘help-myself’ to plants from a garden that is going to be plowed under. The gardeners have decided that it is too much work due to their advancing ages and so come and take what you want. I could only say ‘yes, thank you’. I showed up with a shovel thank you Bob! …
Monthly Archives: October 2017
The Sky
It is October, and 66 degrees at dusk. After a day of planting dozens of more bulbs, my reward is a glass of Roseburg, Oregon, Albarino while reclining on a chaise on the western facing porch, to watch the sun drop behind the hills. This is one of my most favorite times of year, because …
The Taste of the Catskills
The day was sunny and warm, an extension of summer into Fall. The large crowds were composed of couples and families. Due to good planning, the tents and seating areas and children’s activities centers accommodated them all. Live music played, grandmothers drank beer and everyone ate. This festive event was held in a meadow on …
Resurrected
A new friend invited me to be a guest at her writer’s group. They meet twice a month at the library in a nearby town. Presently there are 9 members but over the past 20 years apparently there have been many aspiring writers who attended for a while and then moved on – to other …
The Calm
How About That!
Sitting in the wing-backed-leather-chair in my kitchen late at night, minding my own business, I see something move, out of the corner of my eye to the right. It is a spider crossing from the vicinity of the back door. Before I can get up and pick up my slipper it scoots under the refrigerator. …
Antidote to a Dusty Road
Some, not all of us, like to have a clean car exterior. The house in is on a dirt road topped with gravel. The nice man down at the local office for the township assured me that the spreading of calcium would keep the dust down. Down to what was the question I should have …
Cabbage
The plan is to make sauerkraut. The attraction to cabbage is not to be explained, don’t understand it myself. All cabbages are not equal. WW have invited me to visit farm stands they know and at each one I seem to walk out with a $2 head. Here is the harvest so far. The small …
A Knife and A Bag
The simple thrill of excavating my choice of vegetables right out of the ground. A local organic farmer who has joined the WW group, has a dig-your-own-day every Thursday and Friday now until I don’t remember when. You give the farmer $20 and the farmer offers you a knife and a brown paper bag. The …
More WW
They just keep appearing. Added two new woman to the roster and neither knows anyone else that I could name on the list. Both of these women have lived here 25 or 30 years. Why they likely do not know the others is due to the niche they take in the community. What fun!