Fran Stewart

Wednesday - 03/31/2021 — When I buried Wooly Bear in the back yard last year, piled extra soil on top, and covered her grave with large

Tuesday - 03/30/2021 — One of the things I loved about living in Vermont all those years ago was that I felt I had a political voice. I knew

Monday - 03/29/2021 — While we’re talking about picnics—well we were talking about them last Friday—what do you think about the picnics

Saturday - 03/27/2021 — My friend Marcia and I were talking recently about how much our attitudes about house-cleaning have changed since

Friday - 03/26/2021 — Are you a picnic kind of a person? And if you are, are you a fancy picnic kind or a basic picnic kind?

Thursday - 03/25/2021 — I know I usually do my weekly “long memoir” story on Friday, but this year I had to sneak one in a day early. Why?

Wednesday - 03/24/2021 — For some reason I seem to be stuck in memories of the year 2014. This is the third entry in a row when I’ve brought

Tuesday - 03/23/2021 — Back in 2014, I was out in my front yard one day, wading through a heavy growth of wild violets, when I happened to

Monday - 03/22/2021 — I’ve been a supporter of public radio for years. I do the monthly automatic debit plan. When a fund-raising marathon

Saturday - 03/20/2021 — This is what’s wrong with going wheat-free, the way I did 118 days ago. These great big cookie-sheet-sized molasses

Friday - 03/19/2021 — I love leafing through old shoeboxes full of photos. I’m doing that because I want to get them organized, catalogued,

Thursday - 03/18/2021 — Sometimes it takes seeing an old photo to realize just how precious life is. This one was taken in January of 2015,

Wednesday - 03/17/2021 — Are you a jigsaw puzzle kind of person? I’ll bet you are. I’m not talking about whether you like to put together

Tuesday - 03/16/2021 — I love to travel vicariously with my son. Eli always seems to find the fascinating places, the best views, the quirki

Monday - 03/15/2021 — As I’m sure you know, daylight saving time began yesterday. I’m not going to go on and on about how dumb I think that

Saturday - 03/13/2021 — One year ago today I went into self-isolation. A dear friend shared this list with me a couple of months ago, and it

Friday - 03/12/2021 — I’m always in awe of people like my friend Geri Taran who manages to hold within her head every poem she’s ever

Thursday - 03/11/2021 — Limerick sure does put up with a lot. My grand-dog is a good pup indeed. You know, if you’ve read these journal entr

Wednesday - 03/10/2021 — While we’re talking about early morning walks, some days I don’t get out there as early as I’d like to. Especially

Tuesday - 03/09/2021 — If you don’t get out early on a cloudy morning when there’s a full moon, you’re going to miss a beautiful sight. Some