Actually, they were probably 2 and a half. I was still sharing space with my first husband in Charleston, South Carolina but, functioning as a single parent. I’ve forgotten where he was. It doesn’t matter. I wanted food I had not prepared for myself and served to me. I wanted a some graciousness. We had […]
End of an era
The broken mug has been my coffee cup since I got it on a road trip to Philadelphia in 2014. We stayed at an AirBnB that had inadequate coffee cups and I had neglected to bring a travel mug. As we continued northward, we saw white bicycles along the side of the highway with signs […]
carnivore note
Some friends had opinions about the winter care of my bog that didn’t match what the woman I bought it from had told me. I wondered if they knew better than she did how I should care for my plants, since they live in my area and she doesn’t. I remembered that the Coker Arboretum […]
My recipe box is online
My grandmother gave me a hundred year old book that had been created by a friend of hers. The woman had taken a blank book and decorated pages to be the starting places for courses. And she asked her friends to write favorite recipes in it. (There was some weird shit being eaten in middle […]
Dork’s Pinks Pygmy Sundews
A person on Reddit offered to mail gemmae from their sundew to anyone who wanted them. I raised my hand and they arrived just before I went on vacation to the beach. I looked up their care and learned that they HATE being moved and it often kills them. So, my minuscule sundews are in […]
Art nearby
I live in a great spot for art. In addition to being less than an hour from the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, we are an easy drive to some other places that have impressive collections. The Virginia Museum of Fine Art in Richmond is worth an overnight visit, imo. The Taubman Museum […]
Shopping from my closet
I promised myself not to buy any new clothes for a year unless something I need absolutely wore out. Like work jeans or underwear got down to having to do laundry more than twice a week. It was meant to be a way to keep from refilling my cleaned out closets and drawers. I have […]
Pondering plants
In the spring, I got 3 gerber daisies (an orange one, a yellow one and an orange and yellow one) and put them in a pot on my deck. Gerbers are perennial in zones 8-10 and I live in zone 7. Their blooming was spotty and I never had a nice grouping of all the […]
I have carnivores
Swan Lake Iris Gardens in Sumter, SC has an Iris Festival every year on Memorial Day weekend and the local Master Gardeners group has a fundraising plant sale. Most of what they sell are irises. But, one of the MGs is a genius with carnivorous plants and donated several bog gardens to the cause. After […]
I am the Audience 