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On the latter creature in the title I didn’t intend to spend a lot of time, but I did. In my observations of hornets in general, baldfaced hornets are f**king big. They build “paper” nests, using pulp scrapings they take … Continue reading
Category Archives: gardening
What is it about retirement, very hot weather, and a pandemic that can make one look forward to doing the laundry? I ask this basic question because unlike my siblings and my friends—or maybe they just want me to think … Continue reading
I spoke a few weeks back how I’d pruned the grapes. (See here.) At that time I said I would go into it more when I was able to upload the pictures. Well, the pictures are uploaded now. Heck, they were … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) With the advent of COVID-19, the state of the farm is intimately connected to the state of the country. So, we’ll start with that. This is the beginning of week 2 staying at home. Draper Labs (my employer) … Continue reading
First, I’d like to point out that my story collection, Simple Things, is now released. You can get that here. In addition, a print version of my novel, Welcome to Witchlandia, is available. You can get that here. On to … Continue reading
I wrote a haiku one evening, as the husband and I sat inside our empty house, weary, sore, feeding scraps to the dogs and wishing we were anywhere else. Now the house is sold, 21 years of accumulated matter of … Continue reading
Writers often say that everything we do is working because inspiration and integration of ideas come at many times when we’re not sitting down at a keyboard. While this is a joke, it does contain some truth. Last week I … Continue reading
Thor and I tiptoed around the mountain village of Komiaki on Naxos, encountering not a soul and wondering if it was inhabited only by gardening ghosts. NOTE: Since our recent trip to Greece to research more settings for my novel-in-progress, … Continue reading
Today brings you three Di versus events, all of which, Di lost. Okay, the blackberries were a bit of a draw. First: In a case of Di v. the dog harness: Merlin rolled over on my foot while I was … Continue reading