There is a tiny lone ant, way up high on my ceiling right now. Doing its thing. Looking. Sensing. Exploring. It's not going to find anything up there. Nor do I need to…
I love the intense summer storms of Maryland.
When I was a kid, we had a front-porch swing. I could sit outside -- and often did -- as the storm's intensity surged, the thunder…
There are many beautiful cities in the world.
Though none but one are Black Rock City, home to Burning Man and That Thing in the Desert you may have heard of here and there.
I've…
I had one of those things happen today.
I was running some errands in Takoma Park and felt a need to get home, though I didn't have anything I had to do at any…
Found. A Barbie Doll tucked into a fence at the Long Reach garden plot.
What the heck! Art? A political statement? A lost-and-found. I don't know. Probably never will. Such is the randomness…
Hah! Arrived home from this-ing and that-ing just in time to catch the tail end of my community's potluck gathering at the gazebo. Everyone had eaten their full, and I was encouraged to…
Worth every minute of the labor to make this happen! From rusty and crusty to gorgeous and ready for cooking! Read up on the process, watched a video or two; made it happen.
I just re-acquired that college standard, Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style." In reading the latest version with a new foreword, I have discovered something wonderful: E.B. White (of the Strunk &…
My lunch plans in DC today got rescheduled after I was already in the city, so I decided to make the best of things and stop by the national mall.
Oy. Warm day. Spring.…
Life is good when such a photo opp presents itself. Love Patron.
This little photo is like my family: Dad, mom, me, middle-kid sister and younger brother. Except, not really. I mean, if there…
Life in the suburbs. One of my neighbors--and I don't know who--likes to drop off holiday-themed goodies now and again. They sign the accompanying cards "Santa," "The Bunny" and so on.
Not complaining. One…
I'm no different than the rest of humanity. A surprise box (or pretty envelope) in the mail with a nice gift inside made my day all the nicer and gave my dopamine a…