The Sill of the World

This covers the week of 11/15/20 - 11/21/20. capturing Leaves sink into mirror-like water. dammed When he serves us drinks in his home, he t...

This covers the week of 8/2/20 - 8/8/20. anuran I love looking at photos of her holding a frog. I wonder if, like me, she'll have a terr...

This covers the week of 2/16/20 - 2/22/20. admirable She's productive, patient, organized, and kindly, intelligent without being arrogan...

artifice The small cakes and cookies displayed in the shop window look like they were created with paint markers. They can't be real ba...

combing During dinner on a second-story terrace, the wind sighs at us through the crown of a tree. delicately At first it looks like a p...

applesauce Half the content of these books is beautiful nonsense, lovingly tended to in the small, dim library. dryadic One ranger is a ...

I recently visited Boston for a few days and made a day trip to Provincetown with a ferry (the Boston Harbor Cruises one). I'd never bee...

From the same trip with the Cambridge morning walk and Salem in 25 photos … Boston Museum of Fine Arts Mary Baker Eddy Library ...

#195 ambiguity The child finds the balloon entrancing. The dog backs away from it with a growl. appraising He's young but speaks l...

airless A lack of productivity is suffocating. bullish The cashiers summon customers by waving red flags. complacently A number of pe...

I had meant to post this earlier in the week, but better late than never... crackle The first time I step outside after the Frankenstorm,...

banality Online dating has been mostly a bore so far. When you meet people in person you experience them as the complex 3D creatures they ...

passive-aggressive The clerks at the library have sullenness down to an art. They would rather be anywhere than here, scanning your books ...

aa Thanks to my Scrabble partner I find out that this is a kind of rough basaltic lava. It's also a great way to get rid of superfluous...

cradled I'm walking on the open palm of a beautiful day. There's water, gold and orange trees, blue skies holding rain clouds at ba...

chutzpah A library has no business being closed. detours Side streets beckon to us as we walk. Their houses and trees are pressed close, th...

communication It's fitting that they find out this week, at the start of the new year. It isn't when I'd planned on telling the...

bustle Without all the work of writing papers one would think I'd be less busy, but instead the days are cluttered with chores I'd...

edulcoration After it's rained, the clean smell of trees, earth, and evergreen shrubs. moppet Two smudgy handprints on the door at knee ...

advanced At the bookstore the four-year-old boy keeps asking his mom to buy him books that are geared towards young teenagers and older elem...