Archive - The Daily Respite

Good morning! It’s Saturday. After a good long think on the porch yesterday, I decided to suit up, douse myself in bug spray, and saddle up my faithful…

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July 4 Get-Together: Replenishing

Hello, my dear Respiteers! If your comments on this morning's Respite are any indication, a lot of you are running close to empty today. Since the…

Jul 4 •

Good morning! It’s Friday. Here in the United States, it’s a federal holiday commemorating the ratification of the Declaration of Independence that led…

Jul 4 •

Good morning! It’s Thursday, and the milkweed cafe has reopened for another season. While it was ostensibly established to feed the monarch butterflies…

Jul 3 •

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, and right on schedule, the daylilies have started to open. While not true lilies, they do live up to the other half of…

Jul 2 •

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and that was honeysuckle I smelled. These buds had the extremely good manners to open right before midnight so that June…

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Good morning! It’s Monday—and it’s June’s last day with us. She spend much of yesterday packing up her things. At midnight, she boards her celestial…

Jun 30 •

Good morning! It’s Sunday, and we’ve come down to the water for a re-set. How good it feels to sit on the sun-warmed stones and watch the waves inch…

Jun 29 •

Good morning! It’s Saturday. Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting on the porch thinking deep thoughts about nothing in particular when I noticed a long…

Jun 28 •

June 27 Get-Together: Rhymes

Hello, my dear Respiteers! Even in Respitopia, it’s been hotter than usual. But today, on this fine Friday afternoon, the air is fresh, with a gentle…

Jun 27 •

Good morning! It’s Friday. We’ve been admiring the beguiling beauty of flowers all week, from that voluptuous pink peony to the singular clematis to…

Jun 27 •

Good morning! It’s Thursday. And after seeing what I wrote about the clematis yesterday, my dogwood asked if she could make a suggestion.

Jun 26 •

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