Rural Revolution

I've been making a few oblique references to some exciting developments with Older Daughter, so here is what's happening. You might ...

Whew. Thank you for your patience, dear readers, as I coped with multiple writing deadlines. I was able to boot my latest Love Inspired Amis...

If I've been unusually quiet on the blog lately, it's because I've had writing deadlines up the whazoo. I'm finishing up a m...

Three years ago, you may recall, we participated in a county program to reduce underbrush in wooded areas as part of fire-mitigation effort...

As many readers know, I love broccoli. I mean, I seriously love broccoli. I've had this veggie prepared in endless ways, but Older Daug...

I received an email the other day as follows, with the subject line "Are you still alive? Please reply": Headquarters: Valley Nati...

I'm slowly getting various things planted in the garden, notably the cool-weather stuff that can handle spring temperatures. Last week I...

Last Saturday, I attended the reception of some friends whose 30-year-old son just got married. I've known this young man since he was s...

As with almost everyone else in the nation, we filed our taxes last week. I do our taxes by hand, as I have for the past 30+ years. However ...

Around here, April is what I call "cotton-candy season" for the simple reason that the wild plum trees explode with blossoms, maki...