A symmetry display at Cottle’s Lumberyard. Still next to each other, as they were once joined in the tree. A pair of flawed and cracked spruce “two-by” boards.

About twenty years ago, this chair was an impulse buy from some local classified ads. It was once a rocking chair, but the rockers were cut off for stability. Why […]

Spring is moving in, and despite occasional frosts, ice is gone from the ground. The winter aconite flowers are already fading. They will now put their energy into making seeds. […]

Sixty-five years ago, as a hard winter came to a close, ice on a Buzzard’s Bay harbor was breaking up. How could we not go with the floe?

Chilmark, Massachusetts, three peeyem, March 13, 2025.