Here on the farm, we never know from season to sea...
We feel this most keenly during July and August, a...
For the past several months Jill and I have been s...
Last week, Jill and I arose at 5:00 AM one morning...
The day after the CDC announced that business coul...
If you read my last post you know that, due to a c...
A few weeks ago, Jill and I got up early on a Satu...
During election week, Jill and I took our travel t...
Our travel trailer isn’t ready. But you susp...
I sleep on the couch in my study every night, most...
When Jill finished her week-long course of radiati...
Yesterday, a friend and I emptied Jill’s office....
May this post find you safe and well. Both Jill an...
Lately, when Jill and I tell somebody we own a s...
Jill makes a killer cheesecake–not only is i...
Lately, Jill and I have been canning apples and to...
Jill and I aren’t exactly hoarders but we...
I’ve just lost the final revision of my nove...
Jill and I adopted two, gorgeous basset hounds las...
Jill and I got a lot done last year, including a c...
Last week, Jill and I installed a wood-burning sto...
This morning we had to put down Sadie, our America...
Yesterday, a wasp stung me on the cheek. I was pai...
This morning I scrolled through my junk mail to ma...
Last year my brother Mike looked at the huge hedge...
Yesterday, we put down Cleo, our beloved basset ho...
Our accountant phoned me and Jill on Tax Day to re...
A snow day on the farm means I have an excuse to p...
During our recent, very hard freeze–when Nat...
We’ve been hunkered down, waiting out the co...
Jill and I are restoring an historic farm. Towards...
Jill and I have just learned how to can fruits and...
The craftsman who put the metal roof on our house ...
I wanted a cool summer but got a wet one instead. ...
Let me say flat out that Jill and I know nearly no...
Earlier this week, I was working on the third floo...
When it gets warm–even in the midst of winte...
I say “bout” because dealing with kidney stone...
I camped in a Walmart lot last night in Fort Worth...
Our bees arrived this week. Two colonies of them f...
A couple weeks ago, Peaches — our sweet oran...
Shopping in Trader Joe’s yesterday, I lef...
Last night, when I heard the 3-legged fox raise it...
It took me 7 hours to dig out with our tractor yes...
We didn’t exactly celebrate Christmas this year ...
Jill and I were making dinner last night when we w...
Here’s a schadenfreude buffet about our latest f...
I startled Jill from sleep last night when my ice-...
It’s been a tough second week, I will not li...
If a fortuneteller had waved a hand over her cryst...
Jill and I are camping today, trying to recover fr...
If you’ve watched “Antiques Roadshow,” you...
Jill and I spent the weekend at Assateague, Maryla...
If you are a teacher, you are familiar with the &#...
You don’t have to be a Jerry Lewis fan to enjoy ...
A couple weeks ago, Jill and I traveled to the na...
A short walk from our house, you’ll find Baltimo...
Last week, Jill sent me a You Tube link and told m...
A couple of months ago, we decided that a mouse wa...
I was 10 when I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan...
In the winter of 2008, I traveled to Micronesia an...
A couple I know has been living with their refrige...
Recently, I’ve received a letter from Ralph Nade...
I had been having trouble with my GPS for some tim...
I had heard about the mansions of Newport, R.I., f...
1) The light in New England is very different than...
Click here to see the video version of this essay:...
For the last three weeks, Jill and I have been cle...
I used to have a nice belly button. An innie. On o...
Yesterday, as Jill watched me bring in the garbage...
This week, Jill and I woke one morning to discover...
Due to a last-minute cancellation (because a libra...
Cleo and I are barnstorming the near-Midwest, from...
I love campervan life. But it’s not easy. I&...
Cleo and I love Savannah, GA, which we just visite...
Cleo and I have just spent three days in Charlesto...
Most people call a camper van a “home on whe...
After a spate of heavy rain, the skies cleared, th...
The other day, the college students I teach inform...
Last week, Jill and I visited the Shaw mansion in ...
We took Mason, our American Bulldog, to obedience ...
Today was Baltimore’s first truly springlike...
Last week I went to the post office and mailed a p...
Here are the reasons I hate the self-service check...
Are you okay with that? It’s likely that, wh...
Jill and I just got back from a 10-day car trip to...
Last week, I found a split in the sidewall of one ...
The first Christmas Jill and I spent in our decrep...
Just yesterday I was in a grocery store and came a...
Here are highlights of a whirlwind trip across Ame...
Last Saturday, Jill and I held our final yard sale...
Some years ago, at a party, a friend and I were lo...
The From Our House to Animal House book tour took ...
Jill and I have been traveling the Pacific Northwe...
One morning last week, I spent an hour burning tin...
The Animal House book tour took Cleo and me throug...
Mosquitoes! I made the mistake of parking too near...
My original plan for my 30-state, 66-city book tou...
Since accidentally blowing up the water tank in my...
In Birmingham, AL, yesterday I ate two pit-cooked ...
I could have used another week to get ready for my...
My photographer friend Vinny brought his Marathon ...
I solved a musical mystery today. The mystery was ...
I’m on the road this week, promoting From An...
In writing the story of how Jill and I bought a wr...
The last time I had a problem with my web host, my...
I received another speeding ticket yesterday ̵...
You may recall that last spring I awoke with the r...
Last week, Jill and I adopted a cat that was suppo...
Cheetah, Tarzan’s chimpanzee sidekick, died ...
When I began teaching a course called “Writi...
If you haven’t heard of book trailers, that&...
I was trying to extract a plastic produce bag from...
In the spirit of Halloween, Jill and I watched a v...
Last weekend, I took Jill camping at Assateague Is...
I park in a neighborhood adjacent to the universit...
I’m at night school this semester, taking a ...
I’ve been online a lot recently, looking for...
I just got the cover art for my forthcoming book, ...
I went to Home Depot yesterday and was surprised t...
Jill and I have tried four times to get into Antiq...
Jill’s dream for our back yard was that I wo...
I’ve just posted my first (self-published) e...
Last week I decided that I needed to sell my car a...
Jill and I went on a couple of car trips last week...
Right now, for two weeks, I’m staying at the...
I’ve just finished the last major leg of my ...
Although I love to travel, I don’t totally h...
Jill says she saw our eccentric neighbor staring a...
Okay, let me make a confession. The Kindle whole-b...
Two days ago, Jill and I had to put down our lovel...
It would be no surprise to you to hear me say that...
I’m lucky enough to be preparing my next boo...
When Jill reminded me, just yesterday, that my car...
The late Liz Taylor — may she rest in peace ...
Back from the first leg of my Kiss Me Stranger boo...
Producing about 275,000 new titles a year, the U.S...
At a recent conference, I had occasion to see a wo...
Not long ago, a friend told me that I was her uncl...
When Jill and I bought our Victorian house in Janu...
Jill and I are not home for the holidays. We left ...
As a child, I liked Brussels sprouts right from th...
Saturday, Jill and I went candy hunting with Scott...
I’m teaching twins in my freshman seminar th...
Recently, I received a thank-you card from a young...
