Author Archives: magn8717

Things can change quite a bit in a year, especially with tomatoes. The excessive rain and resulting poor harvests the past years two, made me put less plants in the ground this season. Instead of my usual twelve, I am … Continue reading →

These past few months, I have been battling blog-block.   Though there’s always something to write about, I just haven’t been able to  find the time to sit down and actually write. This thought came to me the other morning … Continue reading →

Memorial Day weekend is drawing to a close. And before the threatening dark clouds give way to a down-burst, I planted my last three tomato plants.  This year I am rolling with eight plants instead of ten.  I’ve mixed in … Continue reading →

Hey! I won honorable mention again in the Friends of the West Roxbury Library poetry contest! I’m happy.  The theme was “wonder” and I spied a bust of Shakespeare that inspired the poem. (see bottom of page)   One Hundred … Continue reading →

My parents grew up in the Depression. Creature comforts were scare and probably never more so than during the Christmas season. And that’s why it was a big deal in the 1930s when my Mom and Dad would get a … Continue reading →

My friend Joel is full of surprises. Last Saturday morning, he called to say he would be stopping by with the latest one.  We had no idea but looked forward expectantly!!! Well, just imagine our surprise when Joel showed up … Continue reading →

Every New Englander knows, mowing the leaves is an art not a science. I was surveilling my back yard last weekend before raking the leave and then mowing the lawn. The lawn mowing would probably for the last time for … Continue reading →

September is winding down and so is this soggy summer.  The incessant rains long ago  washed away year’s tomato crop. And apparently, the monsoons washed away all the bunnies too. Once incredibly ubiquitous, the rabbits have basically disappeared from my … Continue reading →

A wet and soggy July is steaming to a sweltering end. I have no idea if the heat has anything to do with the start of the anthroprocene era, but an ice age would feel great right about now. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

Cold and rainy June is drawing to a close. And now’s the time to face the fact I must leave my warm nest and get outside. The problem is that since the pandemic and the lock downs I’m really comfy … Continue reading →