I have about sixty houseplants. It occurred to me this evening, as I watered two rooms, that other people don't do this. I wouldn't say I spend a lot of time on them. I repot a few plants maybe twice a year. I water every ten days to two weeks. I have a bunch of cuttings on a windowsill. I look for nice pots whenever I am in the thrift store. I ( Read more... )

Last night I was making " Yummy Touille" for dinner and realized I didn't have any garlic on hand ( Read more... )

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I am in a hurry, so just some quick notes ( Read more... )

I have 9 minutes to blog and eat before I have to go get ready for the next client, so the crucible says ( Read more... )

I don't have time to write my morning pages this morning. Instead, I read half the paper, ate a bagel and drank a cup of coffee, went for a long walk in a mirky wood at dawn, weeded and turned over a garden bed then planted my lettuces and brussels sprouts (but not get the shallots that will go there, too) and planted some basil in a pot on the ( Read more... )

This is a gratitude post. Or possibly a meta discussion of gratitude. I'm not sure yet, because I haven't written it yet ( Read more... )

I got to the gym last night to weightlift in the free weight room.  That makes twice in one week.  Before that I think it'd been at least a week, maybe two.  I never regret spending an hour at the Y. It's a combination of meditation time and wellness time and social time and is generally safe from clients attacking me with the "why aren't you done ( Read more... )

Today I integrated the plants from the office with the plants from my house. This involved quite a lot of repotting. In the end, I gave away something like a dozen plants, but I'm left with just over 50. Fifty. That's a lot of plants ( Read more... )

I have a Russian Sage that isn't doing well where it's planted.  I really wanted to move it to the west side of our property, but the only thing that grows there is a little bit of thyme on top of rocks.  It's crying out for some color over there.  It's the perfect location for that plant I want to move.  But.  It's solid ledge ( Read more... )