I have been superstitious about the ice on Spy Pond for years now - I have heard various scare-stories dating back to the 1920s (from my friend Carl, who grew up near the Pond) and just hadn't felt good about venturing out. But I finally got the scoop on inlets (none really) and other hazards (none really) and a reliable thickness (9 inches, now ( Read more... )

Tuesday was groundhog day, but the bigger sign of seasonal change happened a little later - on my way to work, I heard drumming! (not a drum circle, though I suppose that would REALLY be a sign of spring) Two little Downy Woodpeckers were doing their drumming display...so clearly they are getting ready for spring! Later that night I saw a brazen ( Read more... )

It has been forever since I updated here! Lots of ruminating on a new year and a new decade. Didn't get to do that last time around, I think, because the YEAR 2000 was just so big and crazy that "the 90s" didn't even factor into thought. But wow, back then I was just finishing up being 23, which was a total blast in retrospect - truthfully, I ( Read more... )

I read a quote that struck a chord with me in the NYT coverage of the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall falling ( Read more... )

Today is October 27th, the 5th anniversary of the Red Sox World Series win. A pretty big deal, though I think I could say that I experienced it in unique circumstances. See, yesterday was the 5-year anniversary of Nick breaking his back. So I spent the time of the game (a) watching it in the hospital with Nick (b) on a portable radio waiting for ( Read more... )

In our garden, kale is our zucchini, that vegetable that causes you to plot about leaving "gifts" for people. There's that saying that people in Minnesota only lock their doors in August because that's when people might otherwise gift them some zucchini ( Read more... )

As usual I'm in between events again. One yesterday, big one on Friday. The latest stress is that it may snow on Friday. Ooops! So we may have to change our last-minute marketing to stress the "warm and cozy" factor. It actually seems like the perfect antidote to being cold - come inside and eat and dance and enjoy great music - I am looking ( Read more... )

It has been a crazy busy week. Most are here, really. The crux was having an event on Tuesday night and then a very early wakeup on Wednesday. I am so spoiled, as I usually get up at 8:30 - so having to be downtown for 9 AM without riding (it was raining, and it was a fancy meeting) was taxing! Oh woe is me ( Read more... )

So I'm doing lots of online research about the Sesame Street martians. I found the following synopsis of one of the martian episodes, which cracks me up ( Read more... )

Okay, so I was on a cross ride with some of the girls tonight, and dreams came up. See, I've been keeping a very loose dream journal since June, after an interesting conversation with Jenn C ( Read more... )