Hi, guys! :-) I’m jumping into edits on New Book (which means LOTS of coffee and chocolate…it could be worse ;-) and working to get it out by the end of summer (August/September). I have so much to tell you…
Snow Pile
I woke up to movie snow this morning—flakes floating through the air as if the prop department was shaking soap flakes over our house. Snow-capped bird feeders (with a black capped chickadee) It’s the kind of snow that sparkles. …
Fledglings
Did I tell you that we had a pair of Carolina wrens build a nest on our front porch? I LOVE the Carolina wren because it looks an awful lot like a puff ball with a tail and it has…
For the Birds
Over the weekend we went to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to their annual Migration Celebration and Steve took some fabulous pictures of a few of the birds we got to ooh and ahh over. I should tell you that…
Moving Dates and Murmuration
After much deliberation, I’ve decided to push back the publishing date for Intangible to January. For many reasons, one of which is that it’s better for my book to come out at the beginning of a year than it is…
Back and At It
So, I’m back. Got to Vermont just in time for the hurricane, and then got to see the aftermath. Luckily our family members were all in places not terribly affected. But, oh my. Really. I never would have thought Vermont…
Artist: Andy Goldsworthy
So, if you haven’t heard of Andy Goldsworthy (outside of my mention of him on Monday), then you’ve definitely been missing out. He is an artist, sculptor, and naturalist, among other things. And he creates the most incredible sculptures and…
A Wild and Crazy Birthday
We celebrated a birthday this weekend–one in which Riley, my oldest, turned nine. A friend of mine has been pointing out to me that Riley was turning nine since early in the summer. “I can’t believe Riley’s going to be…
A Skunk, Flies, and the Book
Three things today. 1. First, right at the very moment that I’m writing this, there is a skunk on the top of our compost pile, getting a snack. When I went in to tell the boys about our little black-and-white…