There is always something new to learn. A new horizon to befriend…especially for the homeowner. And where I live, in just the past week, both my heat AND my air-conditioning have gone on. Fickle spring weather? Climate change? It doesn’t matter…I still have to cope. After over 40 years in Vermont, I know about cold … Read More
“Curiousity killed the cat!” begins an old sing-song taunt tossed about when I was a child. It was meant to shame or deter someone who had poked their nose where it wasn’t — according to someone or something — supposed to be. The usual retort was “Satisfaction brought him back!” often accompanied by a final … Read More
I’m at the forefront of the baby boomers. Bet you couldn’t tell by my previous posts… But for those of us who chanted “Don’t trust anyone over thirty!” we are now more than twice that, and many of us no longer have the luxury(?) of a roadmap of how this aging thing goes. Granted, my … Read More
What do butterflies and octopuses have in common? Magic. Magical cells & jumping genes. A natural ability to transform themselves. Personal alchemy! Oh, don’t we all know about how caterpillars transform into butterflies? Yet the science behind it cannot obscure the magic of it. The actual cells responsible for the transformation of fuzzy creepy-crawly … Read More
My mother, in her wisdom, would intone: “Horses sweat, men perspire, women glow.” Give me a bathing suit and point me towards the ocean surf. No boards, please. That was, and still is, my idea of being “active.” But in my mid-twenties, living in Vermont, there was no ocean nearby. I started jogging and found … Read More