A few weeks ago I wrote about the podcast with Maryanne Wolf and Sven Birkerts in which they talked about what might happen if we all read more books, and it basically turned out to be about attention. I mentioned I had been thinking much about attention and had more to say and then proceeded …
Author: Stefanie
Avid reader, gardener, librarian, cyclist, and vegan.
Garden Visitors
One of the best things about not having a front and backyard of manicured lawn is more-than-human visitors who also spend time there. Not all of the visitors are as welcome as others and some of them have a problem with sharing. Squirrels are both entertaining and infuriating. I cannot deny their antics make me …
End of May Garden
I was going to post lat weekend about the garden but I was so busy working in it that before I knew it, the weekend was over and I was busy with the week. This is a long holiday weekend in the U.S. though, and today is not an especially nice one to be outside—cloudy …
What If We Read More Books?
Earlier in April I listened to a fantastic episode of Rob Hopkins’ podcast From What if to What Next? Hopkins, if you have not heard of him, is a writer and activist based in Totnes, England, and the founder of the Transition movement. He is a great believer in the power of our imagination to …
Gardening Weekend!
It’s gardening weekend! Whoop! Whoop! Last year during COVID lockdown the Friends School Plant Sale was cancelled. It was the first Mother’s Day weekend in something like 17 years that we did not have a crazy garden sale weekend. Well they are back this year in a COVID appropriate way that turned out to be …
