I'm home for a bit, as lake life slows and life here picks up with appointments and gatherings. But in the midst of summer, life on the ...

We're wrapping up peak season at the cottage. Yes, there will be more visits, but they will be shorter and the weather will be colder. S...

  Some things just make me happy. For example, when I'm riding up north and straight ahead I start to see this sight!   I mentioned the ...

We may not technically be into fall, but it certainly is beginning to feel and look like it. Mornings and nights are cooler, sometimes downr...

Good morning! People use use the Blogger reading list (google followers on the blog) are noticing that for almost 48 hours (maybe more, now)...

Biggest sigh. Another art camp wrapped up. Of course, the art doesn't stop and neither does the fun. Yet it remains one of my favorite e...

NOTE: Blogger comment issue appears to be solved! Thanks for checking back!   I didn't have high hopes for August being a great reading ...

Every year for maybe 20 years, quite possibly more, my friend Kate and I take two weeks (now; when we were working, it used to be a weekend!...

I promise the next post will be about art camp (unless it's a book wrap up!) But I thought I'd wrap up earlier events first. You may...

Rick and I headed home early last week so I could get to a doc appointment. The day after that I turned around and came up for Art Camp, my ...

There are those who say the season of abundance is autumn. I don't entirely disagree. But for me it begins about six weeks before the ca...

You don't turn 75 every day. Those five-and-zero birthdays are sometimes a bit of a kick in the pants. Rick wanted to do something speci...

I'm sitting on the love seat on the porch, a book in hand, legs wrapped in a soft, aqua throw to keep the evening chill from setting in ...

My little world has seen some company lately! Talk about fun!    It started out down the road when my cousin David welcomed a group of his f...

I only made it through six books in July, but when one is over 500 pages and another close to 1,000, I submit to defeat with a bit of grace....

The other day was the kind that almost doesn't seem real, it was so perfect. Warm, quite warm, but not hot and not at all humid. There w...

Life at the lake moves peacefully and at its own gentle pace. I find myself gradually and gently sinking into a sense of peace, calm and yes...

I'm back at the lake, having arrived on Thursday afternoon. Rick's on his way to South Carolina, via Pennsylvania and Maryland, then...

I had to head home for some appointments, and perhaps the timing couldn't have been better, given the wildfire smoke at the lake. They e...

We've been enjoying beautiful weather at the lake -- warm (hot!) days and cooler nights, so perfect for sleeping. Well, this one sleeps ...

When I'm home, I usually have to go to the Ditch to see wildlife, apart from a bunny or two. Up at the cottage, I need only look out the...

I promised myself that no matter how hot it got this summer, I would not complain. I would observe, such as "It is SO hot today!" ...

There are months when you read and everything was good, satisfying. June was one of those months. There was a nice mix of contemporary and v...

Recently I was cleaning out paperwork at home and came across an essay I'd written in 1976, shortly after the 200 year anniversary of th...

We (meaning Lizzie and I) arrived at the lake last Wednesday afternoon and the first few days settling in weren't a picnic! When we arri...

By the time this post goes live, I will be at the lake, and working on the first of my summer series of Postcards at the Lake. But before I ...

After a long winter and an odd spring, there is nothing like the arrival of strawberries to scream "Summer Is Here!"   I love thes...

Our Cork Popper gang gathered recently at hosts Roger and Merdith's to taste "Summer Wines." What kind of wine do you enjoy in...

Sometimes (not often), we get dressed up! And most of the time when we do, it's for something fun. But this time, it was beyond fun -- i...

I wanted to get in another "Ditch" post before taking off to the lake at the end of the month. My most recent walk brought about a...