Exploding Squash at Wishetwurra Farm.
The winter squash and pumpkin patch is exploding. See first this photo from an earlier Wishetwurra Farm Garden Tour. The winter squash and pumpkin patch is to the right end […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Striped Folly
It’s time to get back in the saddle. The ‘pile is up again on a loaner computer. Does that make me a loan ranger? Word will come from the “hospital” […]
(RIP Mac?) Don’t Cry Over Spilled Coffee
But you can grumble a little. When the coffee hits the computer keyboard and seeps in and the screen turns black, sop up what you can, don’t try to power […]
More SSA Perplexities, and 4,000 Thankyous.
At approximately 5:03AM today, thetompostpile received visitor number 4,000. People from 53 countries have now come to the ‘pile. While this is but a small, small blip in the vastness of […]
What a Difference a Day Makes
Martha’s Vineyard has possessed a magickal anti-rain juju power this summer. Rain after rain, storm after storm, has passed to the north, passed to the south, passed to the east […]
Busy Sound, and a Word from the Author
Busy Sound. Not as in the telephone line’s beepbeepbeep busy signal. The busy Sound. Capitalized. Here is the busy Sound, seen from the ferry. NOTICE: The next six weeks are […]
Soy Haiku, And a Few Words about Seeds.
Soy seeds spring from soil. We will eat edamame. Pick, steam, salt, eat! Beer! Seeds. Seeds come in so many sizes and so many forms. Tobacco seed is as […]
Danger in Menemsha
Menemsha is the Wharf Rat’s dream. It’s a sensory place. So much to see. Interesting sounds. Interesting odors…Seaweed. Fish, fresh and fish not so fresh. Wet sand. Moist air carries […]
Drops
Drops. Drops on daylily petal. Drops of water everywhere, as a showery day unfolds. Drops in the morning, a spell of actual rain at midday, and more drops late in […]
Noticing is Key
Noticing. How often we don’t notice… But: not noticing is useful self-protection. If you noticed everything, all the time, you’d end up a quivering pile of jelly. You need time […]
