Monthly Archives: November 2011

What to Do About Trees

If you’re reading Mary Oliver’s Twelve Moons as a lunar calendar with me this year, it’s November’s last quarter moon, time for another poem, The Black Walnut Tree. The dilemma of tree ownership and management certainly speaks to us here … Continue reading

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“Just Right”

Yesterday I pulled the milk jug out of the cool box, reserved ½ cup to make sourdough bread, and used what was left to sample my new batch of coffee liqueur. The jug was freshness-dated November 5, but ten days … Continue reading

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