Red Dawn from Mill Hill.
Because it faces east, sometimes I’ll sleep in the upstairs window seat. Why? Because you get a window seat (sorry) for the sunrise. The night of the full Snow Moon was […]
Because it faces east, sometimes I’ll sleep in the upstairs window seat. Why? Because you get a window seat (sorry) for the sunrise. The night of the full Snow Moon was […]
Last night was the full “Snow Moon”. For this year’s Snow Moon, we have snow on the ground and blizzard warnings in the air. This date last year was a […]
Mid-February. Morning time. Outside, in the Woods Hole passage, our winter vacationers escape northern ice. Some gather in lee waters, in flocks, by the hundreds and thousands. Others gather singly […]
Where’s Ook Pik? Let’s go down to the beach and take a look. There are miles of beach, and more miles of pondshore to look around. There’s goose…. There’s sparrow. […]
Sunshine came strongly through the window today. And lit up the amaryllis on the old dining room table. We have had this blushing bloomer for twelve or fifteen years. The […]
We went looking for Ook Pik, down on the beach. We did find Ook Pik, but more on that story later. Sand builds, layer after layer, wind after wind. The […]
Starting today, and for the next six weeks or more, the tompostpile will come to you less often, and in smaller posts. We have a trip ahead of us, a […]
There are delights to the internet. One of my favorite delights is “Futility Closet”. In another life, I’d have a blog like the Closet. You can sign up for email […]