The first crocuses of the year appeared in the front garden at 100 Prince Street on Friday, March 14. See also 2020 (March 24), 2021 (March 12), 2022 (March 18), 2023 (March 20) and 2024 (March 14). I ...

So today, with a rare day free from other commitments, Lisa and I took a day trip to Sackville, New Brunswick, the place that ...

Along the way I captured this view of Province House in under the Moon, one of those rare times my old iPhone SE rose to the occasion and performed well in low light. I have been writing here since ...

But what is the best song in the world? It’s Both Sides Now, by Joni Mitchell. Is his cover better than the original? I don’t know. But what a lovely cover it is. (I found my way to The Tallest Man on ...

Next I set up the lettepress with a piece of “perf bar,” hardened steel teeth that can punch a perforation in paper. It’s ...

I had an appointment with my nurse practitioner at 9:15 a.m today, during which I had some blood drawn to allow them to run some tests. I got a call back from her office at 1:45 p.m. with the results ...

Harry Holman recently published an account of a wintertime journey from Charlottetown to Halifax in 1867, over two posts: one, two. While the tale of the journey across the Northumberland Strait is ...

From Why I Cook, by Tom Colicchio: Elizabeth is an industrial town nestled into northern New Jersey’s historic manufacturing belt. It’s best known for its shipping container port (one of the eastern ...

Our printshop has ended up, for reasons neither Lisa nor I can remember, with an uncommon amount of yellow ink. Some of this yellow in is Akua Diarylide Yellow, which is a rich, lovely yellow that ...