Rural Revolution

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...

Some readers have been wondering how Younger Daughter (our Navy daughter) has been doing in the wake of recent events. In fact, late last ye...

Now that the weather is breaking, Don and I are sort of coming out of our winter hibernation mindset. In the spirit of taking advantage of i...

Right now, spring is everywhere. The plum trees are blossoming, the birds are singing, the grass is greening up. We've even had a couple...