Photo Memory of the Week
Backyard Blog
2026 May 22: Here's the backyard this week:
- an iris up for what seems like just a few minutes (and technically in the front yard)
- the lilac making its own short showing
- the crabapple, also technically in the front yard
- the magnolia past its prime but still lovely
Tag Archives: Aging
Flu Shots and Seat Belts
Some thoughts on the nature of advice, triggered by a flu shot. Continue reading
When (Not If) Winter Comes
End-of-season gardening leads me to some thoughts on graceful exits from the biggest garden of them all. Continue reading
Life’s Purpose & Dead Raccoons
Thinking about my life purpose, with some help from a poet, an author/theologian/educator, a priest, and a butter sculptor. Continue reading
Did Hamlet Shop, Do You Suppose?
For years, I couldn’t walk into an antiques store without coming home with some little thing I never knew I always wanted. Ages change, and stages with them. Continue reading
To Be? That is the Question
An article about elk advocates – no, strike that, “elf advocates” – gives me a whole new way to think about who I am. Elf advocates have joined forces with environmentalists to urge the Icelandic Road and Coastal Commission … Continue reading
The Non-post Post
After 9 straight 10-hour work days, my brain is in overdrive, skittering from the confessional, to AA, to the ShamWow! Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been nine days since my last timesheet. I shake my head — … Continue reading
Are Things Getting Blurry in Here?
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. Heading out the front door in a blur, I make the mistake of looking in the narrow antique mirror placed there by some decorating maniac. Now, there’s a … Continue reading
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Six for Artistic Impression
Life lessons learned by watching the Olympics. Clicker box in one hand, snack bowl in the other, I lurch stiffly to my feet. This hands-free, grunt-free levitation earns me personal-best marks for both technical and artistic components. Before setting … Continue reading
Passports & Bathing Suits
Reflections on the completely gratuitous ravages caused by the passage of time. I mean, who asked it? The hits just keep on coming. Nothing brings you into touch with your ‘not quite as toned as you’d like’ almost-60-year-old body … Continue reading