There they are again. Those tall, colorful racks of Burpee seeds that emerge in the spring taunting me with the prospect of a fresh, homegrown bounty of herbs - all for just a few bucks. While I can remember these…
If you are like me, you are not only a pet-lover and pet owner - but you've always had them and always will. It is with this lifestyle in mind that architects and interior designers are beginning a new wave…
Cabin Fever. It's what we are all experiencing after these endless weeks of snow, snow piles, and then more snow. Then melting and freezing again. And floods. Endless weather! If you have forgotten what it's like to be cooped up,…
When I am outside near the feeder, one bird, a chickadee usually, comes and chirps at me. Sometimes when he gets impatient he will fly around my head. The birds know I will feed them. How do they know? Because…
What a difference snow preparation makes in Boston. I remember being there at a conference when a similar storm hit. It was total chaos. Roads impassable, not plowed, skidding, traffic tie-ups. Crossing the border into Cambridge was a little better,…
In winter, architectural design and its hard shapes, of stone, or concrete, are the things that capture one’s eye. Evergreens surround them with the only color of winter. But when everything else is dead or sleeping, it is those hard…
Look about you. Winter gives us information in unexpected ways. For instance, you can tell the temperature outside just by looking at the rhododendrons. At 32 degrees, they curl up. About like a cigar. If they curl even more tightly,…
The Holiday Season is a special time to think, to share, to remember. It's a family and friends time. It's a time to talk to each other, face to face, instead of texting and tweeting, and not being with another…
December 21 is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. And it is why we need the twinkling lights of Christmas. The winter solstice brings depressing darkness to the northern hemisphere, and the farther north you go, the…
"Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming all alone. All her lovely companions have faded fast and gone." So goes the romantic, nostalgic song from the 1920's. It's still true each year as we watch the damp, dark, cold…