Today I decided, having nothing better to do, to take a walking tour of Watertown. With the exception of maybe two bike rides and two bus rides, I’ve spent most of my time getting around by car since moving here two years ago. You don’t really absorb all that much when you’re in […]
Today I went to Garden in the Woods, a very nice park in the midst of suburban Framingham. There’s a meandering trail around the garden, with all the various plants (mostly native to New England and North America) neatly labeled for visitors. Unlike most typical gardens, Garden in the Woods has a very […]
I picked up John Dann’s Song of the Earth in the library the other day, lured by the blurb on the front that read “In the tradition of Clan of the Cave Bear.” You see, I’m a very big fan of what I guess you would call pre-historical fiction.
In Song of the Earth, we […]