https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCcrTPyU0Yo Mornings of late are a cacophonous riot of beautiful birdsong. Whenever possible, even on brisk spring nights, I keep a window cracked to be the first to hear their…
A Hope-Filled New Year
"Every moment is a fresh beginning." ~T.S. Eliot "There have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover. And then,…
Like so many others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzxKY_2u3ec The last time we were renovating, we were relatively new to this house, busy with elementary school kids, eager to create a home for them that would grow with…
The Bedside Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr1Ytno7gV0&feature=youtu.be Recently I've participated in some online workshop-gatherings of a sort. Neither have been "classes" per se but rather more intended as an artistic shot in the arm - a…
The Embrace of a New Year
The new year dawns amidst heavy rains, as if the tears of 2020 continue to overflow. There is a relief in this new day, this new year, even if in…
Mischief and Moxie
We begin a new chapter in recent days. One filled with the sweetness of a puppy's young breath while haunted and hunted by the pandemic. The weekend saw us driving…
The mess we’re in
"We must mend what has been torn apart, make justice imaginable again in a world so obviously unjust..." ~Albert Camus (via Maria Popova of @brainpickings) Life is messy. Birth is…
Just the same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maqDWDyuLUo&feature=youtu.be It is pouring rain this morning. Despite this, I walk a few miles before sitting down to write. Work at the concertina shop beckons as well - buttons to…
The U-Bend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfRzA4k4nbk&feature=youtu.be It is a gentle, rainy day. "Soft" as they sometimes call it in Ireland. This kind of weather might annoy some people, but honestly I like it. The coloring…
Genius Home
It seems an age ago that were in Maine. Coastal time, cool, crystalline lakes, like a dream. We are now back in our own home, land locked here in our…