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Yikes! Time is getting away from me at an alarming rate, while the internet connection continues to be impossibly slow. The Tennessee Williams Festival opened on Thursday, August 18 at an unusual venue (The Big Top Circus Flora tent in downtown St. Louis), with a unique interpretation of The Rose Tattoo, influenced by Fellini and […]

The weather was predicted to be pleasant, and Kris thought it would be a good idea to jump Bart around a course for the first time since Omaha, which was in May (!), so I entered. Old lady horse showing continues… I do not have pictures from Friday’s schooling session. If Jane had taken a

More rain we did not need was followed by almost unbearable heat and humidity, and then I got oak mites. Not once, but twice this week I have been infested with Pyemotes herfsi, a plague of such intense itching that I am maddened! Harry has had a minor case, but all joy in the woods

Well, it seems I cannot keep up with a daily blog, and will be lucky to manage a weekly installment. Climate change is happening faster than our internet these days. When I left off, the rains ushered in pleasant weather. But then came more rain, worse than the first, with ground already saturated and creeks

The heat broke on Monday (yesterday) and Harry had a day off from rehearsals, so we spent some time together doing glamorous things like taking the recycling to the Recycle Works location. Weedy was thrilled to “go to town” and it was a fun day. Marianne switched her day off so that I could spend