The biggest problem with working at a treadmill desk: the compulsion to announce constantly that you are working at a treadmill desk.

I was never any good at remembering dates, but now I hardly have to. When the first bulb catalogs get delivered and the hens start laying again, that's all the notice I'll need to know that winter has passed.

I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.

I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals.

Everything rational and sensible abandons me when I try to throw out photographs. Time and time again, I hold one over a wastebasket, and then find it impossible to release my fingers and let the picture drop and disappear.

Having animals in the city is entirely different from having animals out in the country. For one thing, it's more social. When you live on lots of acres without neighbors within a stone's throw, your dog-walks are usually solitary rambles over hill and dale.

The biggest problem with working at a treadmill desk: the compulsion to announce constantly that you are working at a treadmill desk.