Summer 2025

Carrot greens starting to flower

The staked tomato is on the ground. The lemon drop chili plant that was supposed to grow to a max height of 3 ft is now nearing 5 and between me looking at it and thinking “Should I prune this? But it looks healthy..” and doing a look through to check on things after the…… Continue reading Summer 2025

Poetry, Tish Wonders, and Interesting Reads

Morning sighting of neighborhood hawk

Laconic is a favorite word right now. I came across it while reading Whereabouts (Jhumpa Lahiri) in the chapter titled At My Mother’s. The dictionaries say it means to use few words in speaking or writing or the minimum amount of words needed to the affect of sounding mysterious, rude, unfriendly, or casual. “And yet…… Continue reading Poetry, Tish Wonders, and Interesting Reads