Sometimes we Ranters have other things to say – maybe about life – because we don’t JUST garden, ya know.
Rose and I flew to Washington last Saturday, a few hours after devastating tornadoes tore through our beloved Kentucky. My heart aches. The remnant storm winds shaved 15 minutes off [...]
It’s happened again. The quizzical stare – the wide smile – the head cocked to one side, all ending with the tentative, half-apologetic question. And even though the asking of [...]
My physical therapist recently asked the question as she was prodding and poking me this week, and it elicited an immediate positive reaction from the part of me that still [...]
In this Washington Post article we learn of an expensive legal battle (because aren't they all?) between Kerry Kennedy, daughter of RFK, and the man who bought Hickory Hill, where [...]
Photos of Greenbelt, Maryland from the Library of Congress collection. The garden city movement, which began in 1898 in the U.K., is described as a "method of urban planning in which self-contained [...]
Last weekend a friend and I happened upon a neighborhood yard sale filled with all the stuff my kids will be flogging when my husband and I permanently exit stage [...]
It’s a running joke amongst our friends that our place is the safe house for any type of future apocalyptic scenario. I’d like to believe that they just want to [...]
A Choral Feast. At Christmas we went to a (socially distanced) concert in Hereford Cathedral. We are great fans of small choirs who sing Renaissance, Baroque and modern choral music: [...]
Kaffe Fasset: Well, how do we feel about him? A knitter, embroiderer, patchwork maker, teacher and writer. Famous in the UK, travelled here from California. For many years such craft [...]
Even with slowly lengthening daylight, what little sun we have has been eclipsed this year by pandemic hair, ice and snow. I’m willing to forego a haircut if this story [...]
Rose Russell Blakely passed away in late September. Aunt Rose loved her garden. She was 93 years old. I often visited Aunt Rose, and her garden, in Washington, D.C., since [...]
Otis Knox in his 2018 sunflower field. I would not have batted an eye at Mr. Stripey if Otis Knox had not insisted it was the best [...]
