I spent most of yesterday figuring out how to best navigate working from home (in Hibernate mode, no less), while above and beside me, two

Standing in the kitchen, chopping and sautéing my way toward dinner, I looked up and felt overwhelmed by the presence of trees all around me.

Friday the 13th was a tsunami of bad news. Do you ever have those days? Boom! All at once. I guess it's an efficient delivery,

It’s been over a year since we’ve brewed caffeinated coffee here at home. At someone else’s house I’m happy to indulge, and there’ve been a

Spent some time this week rendering lard and we’ve got about twelve quarts put up so far. We’ve made only a small dent in the

January, February, March.   About a year ago I became bored with the way I was writing here on this blog. This has never been

Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s that I’m finally paying attention, but lately I’ve been struck by how unique my paternal family roots are. At

Thanks for your enthusiasm regarding Hibernate! I'm pretty excited to get started with you all, and as always, it's a pleasure to see everyone buddy up