At the Colonial Inn in Concord, Massachusetts, they keep the register on display, set to October 19, 1895.One traveler on this list is from Ohio, but the rest are from sooooo nearby… my friend pointed out that in 1895,Lowell (about 14 miles from Concord on today’s roads) and Waltham (about 11 miles)were far enough away… Read more »
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The Last Few Days in Pictures
I finished a major revision I’ve been working on since before Halloween. Whew! I took a trip to see my parents for Mother’s Day.Here’s a blurry picture of me and my Dad in Wanamaker’s Department Store in Philly, on a very rainy day.They have a famous organ in the store. My Dad talked aboutgoing to… Read more »
Orchids and Wolves
From home, here’s an update on my re-flowering orchid: A lot of people are nervous about caring for orchids, but in my experience, the big secret is that they do great with a light touch. It’s practically impossible to underwater an orchid. This particular orchid suffered through a sustained period of neglect (like, over a… Read more »
Paris: The Flower Markets on the Île de la Cité
There’s a daily flower market in Paris, right near Notre Dame.(Daily except for Sunday, when I understand that it’s a market for birds instead!) The House of the Orchid. Guess who was very happy in the House of the Orchid? I followed this lady out of the markets. It delighted me that she was calmly carrying… Read more »
Birth
That bud on the upper left has beencurled tight for two and a half months. Look what it did today.
Home Again, YEE-HAW
You know it’s a good trip when you don’t pine for home even once. And you know you love your home when you get back and find yourself practically skipping from room to room because you’re so happy to be there. Three weeks is a long time to be away from home! All of my… Read more »
Bleary Photo Essay
Let’s start with a new cover that I LOVE. Here’s Graceling in Japanese, published by Hayakawa: Can I have that outfit? At least the boots? Next, here’s one of my favorite things. Let me help you parse that picture: an orchid sits in a leather chair. (No, that’s not where I normally keep it. The… Read more »
Regarding “The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going to Miss Almost Everything”
After two weeks of lovely, restful travel I am back home and am blogging from my red couch. So many things to do. I have about 40 books out from the library (mostly for work), about 150 movies on my Netflix queue (many for work!), a megaton of email (mostly work-related!), lots and lots of,… Read more »
Home Is Where the Ax Murderers Aren’t
I’ve been home for a couple weeks now, but I’m only just starting to get on top of the accumulated mail, laundry, grocery shopping, etc. The more important things, however, are completely under control. For example, one of my orchids is about to blossom, and I moved my ginormous (easily 6 feet tall, probably 4… Read more »
Popping in Again with Stuff and Things (and Orchids)
As you can see, I am very good at taking an enforced blogging break. Like last week’s post, however, today’s is mostly full of worthy links to other people’s websites. Plus, orchid nonsense that has no relevance to anything. Three things. 1. I’m a little behind the curve on this, but May 1 was BADD,… Read more »
