On Nature, Specifically Birds I'm determined to be more connected to nature, both in a wandering-around-on-random-walks sort of way and a I'm-going-to-learn-about-flora-and-fauna sort of way. Even though

I've been reading a bit of Jacques Barzun lately. This lecture in his Forgotten Thinkers series by Wes Cecil is a nice summary of Barzun's work. You have to overlook Wes Cecil's weird habit of pronouncing

On Nature Last Saturday our (last) local farm celebrated the Spring Equinox by holding a Greenhouse Openhouse here in our seaside village. My family and I helped with the event, and had a good time observing

On the Topic of Nature The storm in this case isn't metaphorical. It's in reference to a legitimate series of storms that ripped up the coastline of the town where I live. The beach near our house was

Time for a Little Music Once every couple of years @danieldyemusic comes up to Massachusetts from Ohio for a House Show (and so that his kids can hang out with my kids too). Tonight's the night. Right

On the Topic of Community One thing I’ve learned about Steemit is that the number one rule of Steemit is to talk about Steemit. Okay, I can do this, as long as I keep the threshold of knowledge low. Like

On Music The fire pit at the Madden Road Music Fest on our farm. It was a nice surprise to find out that my brother @danieldyemusic was part of the latest compilation of the (music) artists of Steemit.

On the Topic of Music My entire family is musical. I'm actually one of the worst (in terms of musical talent anyway) in my family. I am the fifth child out of six kids; my younger brother Daniel is the

On the Topic of Food There's never a bad time to gather with friends and linger over a meal. But when it's cold and snowy outside, the warmth and comfort of a table heavy with food and an evening of

On Saturday night a decent sized snowfall was supposed to take place in the town where I live, predicted up to 7 inches. I was excited, because I like snow. I was also excited because it meant that services

Everyone knows that time is valuable, that the clock is ticking away on all of us. “We’re all dying, some of us a little sooner than others.” as my brother reminded me the other day, in what turned out