All That Green

Most guests who come to my Summer garden are gobsmacked by the ridiculous profusion of lilies, peonies and roses – and for good reason:  I haz a LOT of them and the sight and smell is outrageous.  But a select… Continue Reading

Musings-adjacent. Ish.

Well, howdy!  It’s that time of Time, where I don’t have anything particularly pithy to say – and I certainly DO NOT have a perfume review.  I don’t really even have … musings… right now… though I guess these natterings… Continue Reading

When Did You Know You Were Home

A bit ago, I was chatting with a friend about what it means to be Home and I asked ‘when did you know you were Home?’.  For her, it wasn’t a house, it was the moment  she first stepped into… Continue Reading

A Fine Romance

  A few days ago a (fully vaxxed and masked – settle down, people) friend visited.  On the way to the garden she stopped to look at a stack of books on the table. Ted Chiang’s ‘Exhalation’  – a nod… Continue Reading

Solid Girls

When I was in my late teens I fell in love with the 1940s version of Pride and Prejudice.  Of course, I was Elizabeth Bennet … of course.  Late teens. I’m now at A Certain Age.  And, with age,  identifications… Continue Reading

Cold Spring

A few years ago we had a heat wave in April, just as the early Spring bulbs were coming up.  Within 2 days narcissus and tulips broke, bloomed and died.  Lilacs and magnolias budded out, bloomed and browned, almost in… Continue Reading

Being Still

Being Still.  What a concept (this is a continuation of my last Musings post – sorry, guess I’m still in that zone) Everyone’s  (rightly) been talking/writing about what a shittastic year it was and while mine was no exception, there… Continue Reading