Some magic
On this first day of the year we woke long after dawn to a sun high and hot enough to burn off the fog. The ground…
The pumpkin kings
Jon partnered up with our insane(ly wonderful) neighbor Loren to plant a giant pumpkin patch in a spare corner of our front hay field. We sort…
For “green” rodent control, turn to barn cats
Ever since Pax and I shacked up with Jon, away went the rat poison he kept scattered in dark corners of every building he owned. It’d…
They who came before us
To follow up with last week’s post on a ghost town in Nevada, I thought I’d share this one photo of an abandoned spring a couple…
Nobody tells you about this part
“How do we define love? Is it fated or created?” –Lisa Tobin I’ve had my life to myself since Friday and it feels devastatingly good. I…
Persimmon
Jon found a cluster of wild persimmon trees on the far side of the property a few weeks ago. I guess they always grow in little…
Flight behavior
The other day I was trying to clear some clutter off the counters, but so much of it is Jon’s stuff. We have a small apartment…
Wonderful 100 and what I’ve learned
Oh hey, I wrote my 100th blog post yesterday! To my 125+ (!!!!!) followers, thank you, thank you, thank you. Now, can you please tell your…
The only things that are important in life are the things that you remember
Years ago, when I was younger and more innocent and naive and sweet and firmer and perhaps an all around better person (i.e. a child) than…
The only pot roast recipe you will ever need. I promise.
I have a love/hate relationship with slow cookers. When I was growing up, my stepmother kept slow cooker recipes on a consistent weekly rotation. Sundays were…
