This is the time of year that makes the long winter and tauntingly endless spring worth waiting for: the days are long, the lake water is swimmable, it’s not too hot to hike (at least early in the day) ……

Each summer I spend at the lake, I develop this routine around my time outdoors. I feel as if THIS is the best place to be: THESE woods, or on this kayak (it used to be a rowboat), or swimming…

There’s a low lying tree just outside my outdoor shower – which is up the hill, near my garden and art studio. Well, what WAS my art studio before it was converted into a bedroom with a view of lake…

I saw a bobcat this morning! It was moving so fast through the woods with it’s stubby tail and strong body. I wanted it to stop so I could make sure that it really was that animal. But it was…

my redbud tree – in spring bloom If you pass through any wild meadow in New England in summer, you’ll see black-eyed susans growing freely. I have a stretch of land along the highway on the other side of a…

As a child, I would spend my summers on the coast of Maine: sailing, enjoying picnics on nearby islands, and looking for shells or colorful glass at low tide along the rocky ocean beaches. On the way to and from…

Other years I’ve complained about spring in NH going by in a blink. This year? Endless spring. My daffodils bloomed and bloomed. In nearby gardens, they’re still in full flower. I scraped frost off my window on May 9! I…

After traveling, I somehow feel as if I’m still moving. Or that I never left. That I’m expecting to see Hunter and Artemis and Lynn every day. And to go on another of Samsun’s family “walks”. (his pace is a…

Can you hear the music? Canadaaa! I’m leaving next Saturday because…. astonishingly enough, little tiny Mischa grew into less tiny Mischa and is about to celebrate her first birthday! Does that seem fast or what? Definitely fast for those like…

When my children were little we were in a car accident. I happened around four o’clock in the afternoon on RT. 93 leaving Boston. There was bumper to bumper traffic but moving at I thought a good 60 -65 MPH…