A Bad Week At the Farm
Here’s a schadenfreude buffet about our latest farm adventures: 1) We’ve been without water for five days so far. Our well...
28 October, 2015
Our Third Week on the Farm: Stalled & Wet
I startled Jill from sleep last night when my ice-cold elbow touched her back as I came to bed. Ice...
01 October, 2015
Our Second Week on the Farm: Digging Out
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="400"] Everything we own in one place[/caption] It's been a tough second week, I will not lie. Jill...
23 September, 2015
Our First Week on the Farm
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Good Contrivance Farm, circa 1960[/caption] If a fortuneteller had waved a hand over her crystal ball--let’s say...
10 September, 2015
Our Massive Move Out of 2746 Saint Paul
Jill and I are camping today, trying to recover from our move yesterday. The move -- emptying 5,000 square feet...
24 August, 2015
A Return from China
A package I sent to China last September just came back to me. What’s remarkable is not the fact that...
10 March, 2015
FIRE!
This morning, while changing a light bulb in the kitchen, I smelled burning plastic. Odd, I thought. Usually, our neighborhood...
07 February, 2015
How I Got Burned at the Flea Market
If you’ve watched “Antiques Roadshow,” you’ve seen segments where a collector believes he’s brought in a priceless artifact--like a Ming...
11 January, 2015
Christmas in the House We Love!
Christmas is a special time at our house. We really enjoy dressing up the place in a traditional style. Every...
24 December, 2014
Where the Wild Horses Are
Jill and I spent the weekend at Assateague, Maryland's coastal island and home to its famous wild horses. It was...
04 November, 2014