The wisteria is climbing the kitchen door; I pull it down, but it keeps looking for a new angle. It was such a long time ago that Laura and I Painted the trellis for that vine–it was just Beginning to grow, and the flowers smelled so sweet. Summer lasted forever in those days, and I […]
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Mother’s Day
This picture shows me sitting in the family cemetery at Judes Ferry. The date is January 21, 2018, just after we had buried my father. To the right of that fresh patch of red clay is my mother, buried in October of 1994. Further still to the right is my baby brother, born and buried […]
The family chatterbox
As a child I adored Uncle Brooks. He moved to the farm before I was born and lived in a small house with no running water, right next to his woodshop, which was roughly twice the size of the house. I loved to visit because he would make blocks for me out of walnut scraps. […]
A rose by any other name
Meet my alter-ego, the other Miss Ev: EV is short for Electric Vehicle; this little lady belongs to the local power company, and zips around town from time to time as a conversation piece and vehicle (pardon the pun) for publicity. Here’s my own car, with its personalized license plate: I do wish the state […]