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
Author: Musette
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