I don’t know why I have a small excitement for shopping at thrifts stores. Maybe it’s the long shot of finding that lovely old thing that has somehow survived until now and isn’t too broken or worn for me to enjoy at some ridiculous price. As this sabbatical began I found a small stuffed Bugs Bunny positioned […]
Dear Friends, I write this while preparing for my last few trips of this year and remembering trips over the last 25 years. The numbers surprise even me – 35 states, 4 countries, 5 prisons, 11 yearly meetings, 21 years teaching at Friends General Conference Gathering and Pendle Hill, with innumerable rape survivors, people with […]
On Netflix we recently very much enjoyed- Queens – Spanish film about several gay couples getting married in Spain and their crazy families. Legacy – photos of Native Americans from 1890-1920, music background, no narration, quite lovely in a sad sweet way to see what life was like Overheard at the Putney Post Office today- […]
Through the open window the sounds of life come in all night long. There’s a freight train about 1 AM that can only be heard by keeping still and both ears unblocked by pillow and blankets. There’s a parliament of owls who appear at times during the day and are quite large. The summer […]
Here’s my mother’s tomato sauce recipe below for you gardeners with some extras on the vine. Hope this finds all very well and life good. Carmela’s Spaghetti Sauce-Peel, seed, and chop 10 large tomatoes-Cover the bottom of a stock pot with olive oil and bring to a simmer.-Peel and finely slice 3 large garlic cloves […]
Wading down the slope from our little home, the weeds and shrubs thriving in summer heat, the small paths made by deer and others, I come to the grove of 30 High Bush Blueberry plants all now taller than me. High Bush Blueberries were commercially bred here in Putney 30 years ago at the nursery […]
Coming in from the QUIT conference which was wonderful which was soured a bit with 2 hard days of driving with too much traffic and heavy rains, very dangerous in spots, I come back into the dark bedroom of the 80 year old man slowly giving over his body to illness and getting ready to […]
Turned 55 today- (somebody say, “Babyface!”). All yesterday sat around with cousins I grew up with listening and telling old family stories, much laughing. Today finishing up sending out 23rd Beethoven Letter and spent some time in quiet stillness and gratitude at the bedside of an old friend slowly dieing as he slept a deep […]
Saw two deer streaking across the rainy field this evening So lovely in the green grass. Last hunk of snow in the driveway is nearly gone Daffs in the field too. There is a new cookie by Paul Newman’s company- three flavors of Hermits Marshall and I deeply prefer the Cinnamon over Original or Ginger. […]
Well, I just want to say that if by chance you did happen to pull an old circular saw out of the rubbish that your departing landlord had discarded when he sold you the house and you found this saw to be only a little dangerous because of this and that wear and tear and […]