When it All Comes Together
This time, we had a bit better idea of what to expect when planning a work party. I mean, we’d done it once before, right? We had volunteers. We had […]
This time, we had a bit better idea of what to expect when planning a work party. I mean, we’d done it once before, right? We had volunteers. We had […]
If, last year, you’d given me a multiple choice quiz on how I would elect to spend this Fathers Day, I might have suggested Cooking waffles for friends and family […]
In aviation, they say that any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. And if you can use the plane again, it’s a great landing. If those […]
There are worse ways to meet the neighbors, but I suppose there are better ways, too. I’d gotten an early start into pulling out the Scotch Broom above the house […]
me: Oh, Internet – you wouldn’t believe the day I had! Internet (this is the part I imagine): Really? Tell me. me: Well, I started by breaking our new mower […]
I’ll admit it: I was terrified of what the aftermath of the utility trenching was going to look like. Three weeks ago, our southeast pasture looked like the Somme, circa […]
I just couldn’t stay at the farm this morning to watch. It felt too much like watching your baby go into surgery and seeing the surgeon move in with the knife. […]
The sun is nowhere near up when I’m woken by the sound of plummeting ducks. This morning, for some reason, the mallards and bufflehead that normally feed and fight over […]
“Life is so very good on certain days that one almost lives in fear of having to pay for it in full.” -Ken Millar, letter to Eudora Welty
They’re Heeeeeere! The trees, that is. So are Logan, Lacey and Shay, who’ve come up from Eugene to put 100(!) chestnut trees in the upper pasture, along with an […]