Thinking Out Loud
Fall really arrived with a vengeance yesterday. We were lucky to be able to spend Thursday introducing old friends to the farm. We toured the house, took a long walk, then enjoyed a leisurely lunch and coffee and conversation on the front porch before they had to head down the road. Lovely and then, yesterday, [...]
It is a lovely day…not quite spring but not winter either. I am sitting on the front porch of my old house listening to the train come along the tracks. The whistle blows just at our property and I can’t get enough of it. It’s part of the soundtrack of this place and the rhythm [...]
I bought the audio version of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth some time ago but only listened to it over the past few days when I drove to Pennsylvania for a long weekend. It was just what I needed to hear! Tolle even suggests that that is the case: you read the book when you [...]
I keep deleting the first sentence of this post because I’m not sure how to begin. This has been an odd sort of week for me. I’ve gotten a lot done in terms of work and research but I’ve done it in this kind of weird, puttering way. I’ll work on something for a few [...]
The dogs let me sleep until almost 7:30! We walked, ate, let the chickens out…all the morning chores. Now, I’m at my desk and I rearranged the monitor so I can see the whole backyard. The hummingbirds returned the minute I put up the feeders on Saturday. Better stock up on sugar! I’m also keeping [...]
I spent three nights in a hotel room this week. I slept better than I usually do and got a lot of work done, but I was ready for a day off today. After a bit of work this morning (mostly chatting with two colleagues), I headed outside and started transplanting perennials. I moved some [...]
I had an amazingly productive day yesterday. We finished the taxes! That’s the biggie: this is the first year we are doing them ourselves after having accountants for many years. I followed along closely last year and am using TurboTax and feel fairly confident about the whole thing. We’re getting an extension so at some [...]
I’m half way through my first cup of coffee. I somehow volunteered to help at church this morning, and if I got my act together, I could go for the first service, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. It’s still raining, although I can see a patch of bright light out there. It [...]
I read (The Living by Annie Dillard), crocheted, played on my computer, and even managed to get outside. We spent a few hours at our property yesterday. The view isn’t quite as green as the one in this post; it is still pretty barren, but signs of spring are everywhere. The daffodils are doing great; [...]
We got back from the school board meeting sometime after 11 PM then stayed up until 2 or so. Hence, just getting around to writing at 9:20 this morning. My defense begins at 3 PM and I have a couple errands to run before then. Tina Turner has figured out how to get out of [...]