I have a love-hate relationship with my garden. On one hand I feel pressured by it because things have to be trimmed at just the right time, hoed and planted at just the right time, weeded and harvested at just the right time, preserved or used at just the right time. It’s another burden of must-do’s added to my full… Read More
At six o’clock in the morning, Sir and I are sound asleep in our rough-hewn king-sized bed, completely covered by a canopy of mosquito netting. Cock-a-doodle-dooooooooooooooooo! What. Was. That?! Sir goes to investigate, and tied to the back of the kitchen door there is a wiry bird. He climbs back into bed. “It’s our lunch,” he says wryly. Sure enough, when… Read More
This is the first part of a mini series of blog posts on our time spent in Africa with a look at various aspects of the basic necessities. I had originally planned it as one post, but it turned out to be a lot longer than expected (and a lot easier to digest in smaller increments). You would expect Hargeisa,… Read More
So I was in the hospital all day yesterday for my D&C and it went well – they got everything out. We got there at 7am and I had to be à jeun (not have eaten or drunk anything since the night before) and pre-scrubbed with an antiseptic soap. The staff was nice and asked how anxious I was (to… Read More
I wish you could have seen the Seine this morning but I didn’t have my bulky camera with me when I went walking. It looked just like this if you color it winter. It is so grey today, but that only accentuated the beauty of the river and the weeping willows lining the bank. The view to the right is… Read More
This is the after-effect of our storm front moving in. I told you so Spring plants, but you wouldn’t listen! Poor daffodil – I can so relate with my own storm front moving through my life. No, just kidding. I’m doing much better. I feel like I have the kindest blog friends and IRL friends and family who all show… Read More
