I saw Anne Stentiford’s name on this sign in January, wondered about it, and decided to do some detective work. (Sort of like my obsession with manhole covers last fall.) I found her address online and I wrote to her. She was very kind and wrote me back. This NO SWIMMING / SKATING sign is the […]
Archives for March 2013
On “Ashes to Go” 
March 5, 2013 by
Starting early on Ash Wednesday morning, while it was still dark, two church members and I stood in our church driveway and parking lot, wearing white robes and offering ashes to the people driving by. We’re on a relatively busy street, but it was freezing cold and dark and I’m not sure that, before the […]
ATVing In The Park 
March 3, 2013 by
Looks like someone was doing donuts with their ATV on our local baseball field the other day. I always thought this only happened in more rural areas. But I guess someone got desperate. Or intoxicated? I often see tracks along highways or major roads, or the patches of ground near exit ramps. But a park? Or could […]
Tiny Houses and Hermits 
March 2, 2013 by
When I’m stressed, I like to read books about hermits: Thomas Merton, W. Paul Jones, Karen Karper, Sara Maitland… I’m becoming my mother, a notorious introvert, who likes nothing better than holing herself up at home and speaking to no one all day long. I used to think she was a bit silly and even […]
