Month: January 2025

     This morning, while walking the dog, I saw again a sight first seen last week:  a parent out skating on Thurston Pond while pushing a stroller.  There was no tearing around as we passed this time, unlike the mom from last week, pushing her stroller as fast as she could.  Today’s circuits of the… Continue reading On the Ice

Reading upstairs one sunny afternoon this week, I became aware of a recurrent motion outside the window.  Birds were jumping down off the roof—I could hear them up there, and sometimes see their tails while they waited their turn—and swooping down past the window.  Then zooming off to perch a moment in the neighbors’ tree. … Continue reading Winter Days

     Last year at this time, our house was empty of Christmas decorations.  One of our children had been in the hospital over the holiday, and I didn’t want the reminders of that time all around me.  The family is well this year, and our decorations are still up, despite the fact that the Feast… Continue reading Undecorating

Everyone at our Thanksgiving dinner commented on the turkey.  They liked it.  Which surprised them.  It seems most people’s favorite part of the traditional Turkey Day dinner is not the turkey.  Generally, they said, by the time a turkey is cooked, parts of it are dry.  Not so, this time, they said.  This turkey was… Continue reading Talking Turkey