It's evening in October in Massachusetts. It is 63 degrees and the moon is full. We haven't had a frost yet so the Hydrangeas and the Black-Eyed Susans are in their full glory along with a host of late summer bloomers not yet touched with...
We had a beautiful and yet unusual sunset this evening. The colorful display was in the eastern sky while the western sky was clear. Should someone have been visiting and not have known the compass points for our location, they could easily have been sure...
The harvest of leaves has begun. A wonderfully melancholy fragrance rises with the dust from the raked leaves. One can almost hear Andy Williams singing about red and gold leaves drifting by his window. Sweetness drifts in the autumn air as afternoon shadows grow long...
We live directly under a flight lane for planes coming from the west heading into Boston’s Logan Airport. Fortunately we are 50 miles out so even though they have begun their descent they are still high enough not to create a disturbing sound. In the...
There was no school bus in sight but the elementary school students at their morning bus stop were all lined up in a perfectly straight one-behind-the-other queue; except for one little girl. She was the boss. She had them all under her control and they...
The sound of a buzzing mosquito just now passed my ear. It is on my list of things I would rather not hear along with a fly buzzing my face at two A.M. They share the list with the squalling of tires on the highway...
I had a roommate in college who was madly in love. The object of his passion could not care less about him. She was quite lovely and had no problem filling her social calendar. Alas, he was not on it. Each time he asked her...
My dog is sitting here giving me the “poor me” look. She knows there are treats in my desk and should she somehow convince me that she is pathetically neglected I might give her one or two or three. Her head is down but she...
I received a bill today from Popular Mechanics magazine. Apparently when I subscribed last year I committed myself to a lifetime relationship. They did not ask me to resubscribe. They automatically billed me for the coming year. I must have been distracted when I vowed...
I am sitting here looking at an advertisement for a $7,000 watch whose makers brag that it is accurate to one fifth of a second. Now, let me see. Should I purchase this one or the one advertised on another page that is designed to...