We're in the middle of a canning frenzy. Honestly, we've been canning since June, but now, we're really getting into it. TH is ...

I have been rejoicing over plums this year. There is a big plum tree that overhangs the ppatch wall. I have no idea on the variety, all I ...

Dinner, all ready. I'm over it. My father knows how to make three dishes tops, which considering his age and the era in which he was ra...

I spent today trying to not care about any sort of social media. I did keep my phone nearby as to see if TH would check in from the frigid ...

My friend JK, who we see only these days on Twitter and Facebook has given me lots of ideas to chew on for blog topics, thank you! The weath...

Alas, my workcation has come to an end. Today, I managed to get three things off my desk! Like any vacation - I did a bit of shopping -- man...

Day three of my workcation is over... Honestly, it is probably not a bad thing for me to be at work. I'm less stressed and asking peop...

I find it amazing that TH can email her former advisor who is currently in Budapest tonight to bring her a crottin from CDG. The crottin wi...

I have been remiss. Sorry to my six loyal readers. Its been a hard summer. For those of you who see me on a marginally regular basis can att...

Oh hi. I can't say I have anything new to report. Life has basically been about work, editing and on occasion doing science. I am relish...

More of the same, yeah, you know, I have talked about it over and over again. Good points: I am healthy I have a roof over my head It is not...

Big yellow moon and apricot jam Cooler now, I can think.

Happy August. Today it was only 86 degrees. The garden, for all that we have watered, mulched, pruned and carefully tended, is toasted. It...

Hanging in, barely. There are only sixty days left of summer, thanks Martha for pointing that out to me on this month's issue of Everyda...

I am glad the MJ spectacle is over. Today, while driving home from the dentist, I heard his daughter's final words during the memorial s...

Thank goodness for a cold front. Lots to do and the heat didn't help. Good thing there is always the week ahead to tuck in a chore or th...

I turned my tv on for the first time since the digital switchover. There is still nothing on television worth watching. I spent three minu...

July is here. The year is half over. Ask me what I have done? Lots and not so much. I have weaseled out of two races and this year's 3 d...

I don't follow many celebrity trends. I get most of my news about tanorexics, infidelity, children stuck inside of culverts and the bea...

I started moving at 0530 this morning -- dog, garden, ppatch (5 hours), house, friends and all the time my mind was organizing all that need...