Summer: Commence!

Cut-off jeans! How I’ve missed you! Sock-less feet in Crocs… (…don’t hate, wearing your flip-flops.) Sweaty bottle at my elbow: Summer! Cut grass, boxwood & peonies — Bicycle tires — Sealer on a hot driveway — Charcoal...

Drought

Six months ago, I wrote this short blog post about enduring winter in the Northeast.  On  January 31st of this year, my corner of the state experienced  a  17°F day that also provided a scant 9 hours and  54 minutes of daylight. (Daylight. Not sunshine, not night,...