Cheers. Or to your good health. Whatever. “Sláinte” is your typical Gaelic toast when you clink glasses and have a drink with your best friends or your best friends for the moment. So on this St. Patrick’s Day, let me take this moment to say sláinte to you!
There’s mental math that you do when you live in New England. When the forecast calls for snow followed by temperatures above freezing, you need to decide the cutoff point where you ignore or clear the snow accumulated on the driveway. Today is a classic case of just enough accumulation – more than a coating…
Like many people I have a list of books I’ve been meaning to get around to. Some have been on the list for years, others for a month or two. Some I’ve chipped away at recently, hoping to complete them and check that box. Others I’ve ignored indefinitely. Three of the books in this stack…
I was contemplating the Erie Canal on a walk early this morning and thinking about whether there were fish in it. And to answer one jumped out of the water and splashed down in a ring of ripples. And I thanked the fish for clearing that up for me. Then it occurred to me; Most…
This morning there were six to eight deer in the woods behind my home. It was hard to tell exactly how many since they blend into the woods so well. That camouflage helps with survival in a harsh world full of predators. The wild turkeys that make an appearance almost daily around the area sport…
Yesterday while walking with Bodhi I caught a glimpse of brilliant blue in a neighbors tree. It was a bluebird frittering from branch to branch. With the snow as a backdrop it’s colors were thrilling as I paused to watch it. Its not lost on me that I use descriptive adjectives often, and I offer no…
“What’s a more soulful way to live? What’s a way that I can benefit from the dynamism and prosperity of American society without having to play by these rules that keep us in a holding pattern?” – Rolf Potts, from his Deviate podcast Leave it to Rolf Potts to ask the question. The question that drives…
