Our Hen House Cottage
Our Hen House Cottage A bit of background: Built circa 1940, the original structure was a hen house constructed of oak and...
12 December, 2020
Jill’s Travel Trailer On the Road
During election week, Jill and I took our travel trailer on the road—to Assateague National Seashore and points south. The...
11 November, 2020
When Cancer Comes Home to Stay: Jill’s First Few Weeks
Yesterday, a friend and I emptied Jill’s office. It had taken Jill and me six months to find, furnish, and...
22 June, 2020
Goodbye to My Mom
My mom died yesterday of kidney failure. She’d been failing for a while, most unhappily during this past year. She...
14 April, 2020
Rescued from the Chinese Dog Meat Trade!
Jill and I adopted two, gorgeous basset hounds last weekend. They’re a “bonded pair,” two dogs who have grown close...
29 January, 2019
Our Farmhouse Restoration
Jill and I got a lot done last year, including a couple of major improvements to the farmhouse. Mostly we've...
07 January, 2019
I Am Being Extorted By a Hacker. Are You?
This morning I scrolled through my junk mail to make sure my very aggressive spam-blocker had not culled an innocent...
21 July, 2018
Goodbye, Cleo, My Little Basset Hound
Yesterday, we put down Cleo, our beloved basset hound. She was 15, blind, deaf, and incontinent, and, having stopped eating,...
27 April, 2018
When Somebody Steals Your Shopping Cart
Shopping in Trader Joe’s yesterday, I left my cart to fetch some bananas. When I returned, my cart was gone....
04 March, 2016
A Scream in the Night
Jill and I were making dinner last night when we were startled by screaming from our western field. Neither of...
11 December, 2015