Wednesday morning, as the dog and I strolled down Georgetown, a group of small brown birds came swirling into a nearby treetop. The sun was low in the sky and the birds were, as per normal when some critter catches my eye, backlit. Still, we stopped so I could watch them for a while. They… Continue reading It’s Official
Tag: Neighbors
Home
Frank and Elaine are home. Hurray! They’ve been gone for a long time. Their son and his wife, both physicians, asked them to come to look after their kids for a year, while the new doctors did a one-year stint in Baltimore. Now the son’s family are en route to New Mexico, where they plan… Continue reading Home
Summer Light
The temperature reached eighty degrees today and, judging by the purchases at the Thrift Shop, this was the day people finally snapped: they would not wear their winter clothes one more day. They pulled their summer clothes out of storage, put some on, and set off for the Thrift Shop to look for more. They… Continue reading Summer Light
Winter to Spring
Last weekend, Anne invited Tanya and me to sit in the front yard of her house and sip wine. This surprised me some as the temperature only reached about fifty degrees that day and the wind was blowing. One doesn’t turn down such invitations, though, so I pulled on my winter jacket and gloves and… Continue reading Winter to Spring
All Over Town
We had an ice storm in February and ice after that and ice after that. The ice broke branches all over town. What dealt the biggest blow, however, wasn’t all that ice. It was last week’s snowstorm. Flakes started falling early Friday afternoon, a few at first, then thick and fast. Wind howled and… Continue reading All Over Town
Getting Through
Sometimes in the morning, setting off on a Bakehouse run, my husband drops Rascal and me off at a location of my choosing. That way, the dog and I can enjoy territory too far from home for it to be reasonable to walk both there and back. Rascal is elated by these extended walks, doing… Continue reading Getting Through
Cold or Cozy
Children who live near us have been entertaining us again, brother and sister playing out on the court. They’re elementary school age and, during this time of post-season games, the boy has been outside throwing a football around. Coming home from walking the dog one day this week, my husband heard the girl ask… Continue reading Cold or Cozy
September
When August turns to September, the weather in Michigan does a sort of pivot. The days get cooler. I’ve left footprints in frost heavy enough to hold them at the beginning of September, although that was some years back and four hours north. We’d been swimming there earlier that week. The nights get cooler, too,… Continue reading September
Planes, Ups, and Elephants
Standing on the church’s front lawn last Sunday, my husband and I were enjoying the ice cream social and chatting with Phil, when there came a sound in the sky. “Here comes a B-17,” Phil said. “How did you know?” I asked, as the aircraft hove into view. “You couldn’t see it yet.” “By the… Continue reading Planes, Ups, and Elephants
Tasty World
On a recent foray to Sur La Table, I picked up a Bundt pan that makes six bunny “cakelets.” The bunnies are quite detailed and differ slightly, one from the next. We were concerned about whether the delicate details, such as the ears, would come out of the pan intact. They did, though. When… Continue reading Tasty World