The Inconsequential Blogger

Here are some lovely pictures to look at while I'm spending time with my mother this week. My daughter took them yesterday; they're ...

I'll most likely have fewer posts next week due to my mom's visit. Here are some things that we will potentially be doing: Visit Ami...

My mother is coming for a visit next week. She was waiting for the weather to warm up here before she came (she lives in Phoenix). I'm n...

And why am I in this handbasket? Okay, maybe I'm not going there. Apparently I'm going to bad gardener's heaven, where these com...

Within the past week, one cat and one computer have been fixed. My very own computer seems to have been fixed (cross fingers, knock on wood)...

Wow, what a nice day we've had today. Sunny, warm. I've been doodling around with a couple of story ideas. Yesterday a new and promi...

Last Saturday we set our little garden seedlings outside to enjoy a bright, sunny day. We've been doing that when the days are warm and ...

Happy Easter! Bunny? What bunny? 24 eggs were hidden, but only 23 were found. Why? Me : Place mug of water in microwave. Turn Microwave on...

Okay, so we did get our late snowstorm. Bad news - we got a few inches. Good news - it couldn't stand up to the return of the sun today....

I just finished (re)reading the three books in Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy. I still like them. In fact, I think that they are some of m...

I'll get right to the point. Comfrey is like some kind of miracle herb, able to help broken bones mend quickly and heal wounds and allev...

This morning as my dog and I passed one of the picnic shelters in the park, I heard the most magical birdsong. A robin was sitting on one of...

I just finished reading The Daily Coyote by Shreve Stockton. It's a wonderful book with beautiful pictures and a heartfelt tale about ...

I live in what many people describe as an idyllic little New England style town. And this is true. The only thing that really has begun to u...

Today has been a quiet day. Beautiful and sunny, but very quiet. The park next door was empty. I could hear the breeze in the treetops it wa...

We have a cat who likes to come along for walks when we take the dog out. We have a couple of different routes for walks in the park. The sm...

This was a very charming, engaging, and interesting book. A London writer, just after WWII and digging for an idea for a new book, stumbles...

Yesterday my family headed over to Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Although spring is in the air, on the Pine Lane trail we found a forest s...

Here is the difference I see in what I've grown in my garden or wild harvested and what I get through mail-order. Mine are on the left,...