This past week has been a bit of a bumpy ride for me as a result of the routine medical procedure (mentioned here ) that I had at the hosp...

The hours of daylight are drawing shorter, sunshine take longer to awaken in the morning, and dew - soon to be frost - hangs heavy on each...

As much as part of me still yearns powerfully for summer's grandiose warmth that so rapaciously steals our hearts and sends us running ...

A mighty wind rapped on my window in the earliest hours of this morning, screeching one moment and slamming its weight against the glass t...