To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Gleaners by Jean-Francois Millet “And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, ‘Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.’ Naomi said to...
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Alligators in the Everglades The Everglades are massive! According to the National Parks, the Everglades are “the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, a World heritage Site, and International biosphere Reserve, a Wetland of International Importance, and a specially protected area under the Cartagena Treaty” – oh my. When I think...
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Shellshock! Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness month! As a person who knows of many cyber-attacks that are not reported, I can say that I would not have imagined what I have seen. While I am concerned by the credit card numbers, and customer information that has been accessed by hackers, I am more concerned by...
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A Happy Halloween House My house smells like gingerbread, thanks to my gingerbread house! I am highly susceptible to advertising; thus standing in line, at Trader Joe’s, I saw this gingerbread house, for Halloween, and impulsively bought it. I must say, I am not sorry about the purchase. I do not like...
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Valor on the Pacific by Richard Derby, M.D., (Late Lt. Col. M.C., U.S.A. Division surgeon, 2nd Division A.E.F. France) “The following verses all deal, in some form or other, with what has been spoken of as ‘the lovely virtue’ – Courage, which in its highest form is designated as Valor.” This 5X7...
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Closed in on the Open Road Have you noticed the change? The freedom of the road is becoming a fast fading memory. It is not the same out here anymore; the open road is closing in on me. Where I could once roam alone, I am now being followed by...
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My Miraculous Gardenias Our neighbors moved from the house, across the street, a while back. The house has recently been sold, but for a good long while, with their permission, I would walk across the street, and harvest my favorite flowers, gardenias, from their beautiful bush. Having fresh cut flowers or blooming...
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A Man Made From Straw Driving by Tumbledown Farms, in New Hampshire, I spotted this man made out of hay, and of course had to turn around and snap a picture for you. What a clever way to make a scarecrow or perhaps a farmer to welcome patrons to Tumbledown.
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I hope you were able to enjoy Free This Month – I did! Yesterday, we had a strikingly stunning New England day with leaves turning, sun shining, and a perfect 80 degrees. We took advantage of the Free Museum Day, sponsored by the Smithsonian and visited the Sarah Orne Jewett Home and...
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur “May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for a Happy Year.” “Le shanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim,” Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on September 24 and is celebrated through September 26; while the holiest day of the year, for Jews everywhere, Yom Kippur, the Day...
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