We're up in the North Bay right now, and visiting things we've missed since moving to Massachusetts. Internet time is sparse because we're very busy and we don't always have it wherever we stay, but I'm taking lots of pictures and plan to post as I can ( Read more... )

In the past couple of weeks, winter has started to take hold in earnest. My face gets that delightful cold feeling when I go out walking, and I've even pulled out my grey wool coat. Winter is one of my favorite seasons. I adore the chill and the crispness, blankets of snow and crystals of ice, the smell of woodsmoke and hot cider ( Read more... )

If you've been hanging around this journal for any length of time, you'll already know that autumn is one of my favorite seasons (winter being the other, then spring, then icky hot summer). Longtime readers may also know that I totally adore my awesome friend, Sumana. Another thing I am fond of (which may or may not come as a surprise to you) is ( Read more... )

Coming out of the supermarket in the very last of daylight, I breathed in the grey world, with the clouds low and fluffy in the sky like a blanket of fiberfill, keeping us all close and soft and safe. It rained most of the day, and the trees are lush and green, and the air is blessedly cool. In New England, the weather is sane, unlike in Florida, ( Read more... )

The state motto of California is Eureka! It means, "I have found it!" I am leaving it tomorrow first thing, but I certainly have found quite a lot while I've been here. I don't have time to go into detail, but a small sampling of things I have found:

*A fake cow, which one could milk water. With a very special sign.

*The wave swinger that used to ( Read more... )

The bulbs I'd noticed at the side of the house have blossomed, and turn out to be daffodils.


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I've gotten next to no work done this week on account of a constant social whirl. Spring begets socializing?

It started on Saturday night when Moss and I went to the home of Dr. and Mr. Skylaser to assemble a puzzle ball. We also ate some fish grilled in achiote (which is totally Yucatecan comfort food that reminds me of my family), because the ( Read more... )

I saw the First Robin of Spring today. Late in the game, this one. In the last week, I've been greeted by a Black Capped Chickadee (sitting in a low branch, it called to me as I passed), two Eastern Blue Jays (flying in tandem, they fluttered by my shoulder), and several swans, ducks, and Canada geese ( Read more... )

Monday afternoon I went out to meet tiboribi in Downtown Crossing to buy some yarn (she's knitting me a lace wrap to wear with my new, less unfortunate bridesmaid dress, which is black, and needs an infusion of color ( Read more... )

A lot of people I know were none too fond of 2009, and for good reason. This is possibly why the New Year's Eve party we attended at the home of Dr. and Mr. Skylaser was one of the most awesome parties ever. Everyone was ready to welcome the new year like whoa ( Read more... )