Here we are in the first week of spring.

I'm about to sit down to a plate of my own words.

One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons is of a couple standing in front of their apartment building.

What a beautiful winter wonderland on Tuesday morning.

My poor hellebores are struggling to recover from the big freeze a few weeks ago.

With the exception of the "big freeze," this has been the most un-February of months.

Last Friday night and Saturday certainly gave us here on the Vineyard a wake-up call.

I've been lured into complacency by the mild temperatures this winter.

Because it has been so rainy and gloomy, there have been endless days of no sunshine.

I never left the house on Sunday or Monday except to quickly care for the chickens.