Is our present day one of better quality of life? In many ways, yes, but somehow we largely have lost the gift of finding our contentment in the everyday. I do not know why this is, exactly, but I do believe it is a widespread phenomenon of our society. Most likely the development of the […]
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Winter :Wonderland or Blahs?
I have given some thought about where I want this blog to go during the winter season. There isn’t alot of gardening news in the winter, but there is the planning/dreaming part. I usully rev up my online work in January (due to weather and my personal biological cycles), but December creates a bit of […]
Mad Dogs And Midwesterners
Now this is Midwestern summer. Hot, humid Fourth of July, hazy, and sunny weather. The kind that only mad dogs and ( forgive me, Englishmen) and Midwesterners dare to defy. Yep. We work in this weather, and lots of us don’t have airconditioning. Not on the full time basis of the South and SouthWest, anyway. […]
The February Melt
Rain is melting down all the snow cover. It is the typical January thaw -just a bit late. I heard the ground hog saw his shadow, so this year I can check the accuracy of the old saw. We should have the longer winter season. Now that Bill Murray made the Ground Hog Day movie… […]
