On Sunday, Tim and I harvested our first-ever crop of sour cherries. To say that this took most of the day would be an understatement. We planted the tree almost ten years ago, and this was the first time there were enough to pick. Other years, we’ve left the meager fruit for the birds. Even […]
Living in Place
A Demonstration of Point of View
Point of View is the perspective from which a story is told. One of the best ways to understand Point of View is by example, so here are two versions of the same story told from two different points of view. A Touching Reunion is a story about a time when my husband and I became […]
AeroPress Woes
My kids introduced me to the smooth brew of coffee made in an AeroPress, so I bought one. It’s a simple device consisting of three inscrutable pieces of plastic that defy both intuition and logic. To use it, I googled, How to brew coffee in an AeroPress? In just six tenths of a second, I […]
Hiking Vermont’s Long Trail for the Second Time
Much to my own disbelief, I’m planning to complete Vermont’s Long Trail for the second time in two years. This sounds more outlandish than it actually is. Unlike last year’s end-to-end hike from Massachusetts to Canada in twenty-five days, this year, I’m going to finish the section hike my husband and I started in the […]
When Words Fail to Come
What to do when words fail to come? It happens sometimes. Yesterday morning, in fact. I had a post due on Living In Place, and I didn’t have anything to say. Worse, my brain was foggy, possibly due to the antihistamine I succumbed to the night before. Or maybe it’s my broken sleep cycle. I’ve […]
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