Crumbs of a Life-Stream of Consciousness Saturday

A friend and I stopped into a bakeshop cum coffee emporium the other day. The coffee was so so, but the crumb cake was unbelievable. It was almost as good as what we used to get at that little bakery on Charles Street in Boston. Then the conversation started, and the subject turned once again …

To The Border and Beyond

I think about this exceptional road trip every year just before Thanksgiving. I had longer ones, and I've had more enjoyable ones. But this one stands out.

To the Garden – Early

Written for Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Normally, my year starts with the seed and plant catalogs. They begin arriving in December, but I firmly put them aside without glancing at the contents until a week or so after the New Year. Why? Winter, that's why. A lengthy, slow peruse of brightly lit pages full of …