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Monday morning Russell pulled the mattress out of his crate, dragged it across the living room to a spot in the sun and settled in for a...

Every morning Russell and I see something new to celebrate. Like the first daylilies, one of my favorites--I know, I know, I say that...

I have a lot to celebrate today. First, Spring is in full bloom in the West Village. When we first moved to our block I couldn't imagine...

I met some old friends in the park this morning. Dandelions! I wrote this a few years ago but I never get tired of this painter; Charles...

I'm writing this on Monday morning, May 13. Arthur and I are leaving for Greece at 11:55 tonight so I'm writing ahead of time. You're...

The answer is twenty years ago. The second best? Today. I'm not sure exactly when the gardens in my neighborhood were planted--I'm just...

A few weeks ago I wrote about dancing daffodils and now it's time for tulips. They're dancing through the neighborhood and tomorrow in...

I've been thinking about stuff lately and the conflict between stuff and space. I try to follow the law laid down by William Morris;...

Did you see the eclipse? The NY Times acrostic last week had this sentence from Tyler Nordgren's book, Sun, Moon, Earth; Suddenly the...

So, if Spring is Nature's way of saying, "Let's Party!" what is she saying this week? An earthquake and a total eclipse! Is she showing...

I see him every morning as I walk Russell and he gives me a lift every time. Saturday, after helping me get ready for Easter dinner,...

For the last few weeks the muse has been very generous with me, sending me an idea each Monday so I can get an early start on the...

A few weeks ago I decided to stop listening to NPR on my earbuds as I walk in the city so I can be more aware and intentional. Here are...

Wednesday, March 13 was the birthday of my grandmother, Louise Mayhew Russell Swanson. We called her MomMom. I like to celebrate her by...

Catchy title, no? I'll tell you more later. We are now in the one hundredth year since the birth of James Baldwin, although his actual...

You know how when you learn a new word or just think of something new and suddenly it pops up all around you--in conversation and the...

Do you ever think about what we did before the day of...cell phones, the internet, Google? Yesterday I found myself wondering what an...

Well, I've really missed the snow so I was pretty excited Tuesday morning and much as I wanted to cancel my dentist appointment I'm...

As I wondered how I'd illustrate this blog to celebrate the Dragon I remembered that I did an etching of a dragon years ago when I was...