On Gardens
My Chickweed Crop is Magnificent This Year! (Dammit)
Show me a goat who will eat his weight in chickweed, and I’ll buy that beast faster than my chickweed can double in bulk.
On the Big Picture
A Reading From The Book Of…
Do you believe we live in a world where “the Lord our God is Lord alone”? Do you believe we are “loving our neighbors as ourselves”?
On Butterflies
The Wild Turkeys are Back!–Fall is Officially Here
It’s a gray day this morning, a day of mists and rain and fogs wafting up out of the valleys. It’s also a day that wild turkeys once more are parading through the horse pasture on our farm. We have missed them over the past summer, due, mostly, to the presence of our newest dog “Flops.” He is a Border [...]
On Curmudgeonry
Doctors, Dentists and Meds, Oh My!
My husband and I have fallen into one of those periods in which either or both of us need some attention from medical professionals. Most of you have those experiences as well. You can go for months or years and not need anything more than an occasional antibiotic or filling and you do just fine. Then comes the time when [...]
On Progeny
The Poignancy of Autumn
Yesterday, I had the chance to drive to a neighboring town, giving me the opportunity to see lots of scenery. Having made the same trip a little over a week ago, it was unmistakable that autumn had solidly settled in, displacing the dull greens of late summer with the vibrant hues of its own season. Alas, those hues, like the [...]
