While Christmas was nice for me, I’m relieved to have it past us, as that means all my close beloveds are home, moved and settling in, and ...

I discovered Jo Ann Beard’s rich, riveting work when a writing teacher assigned her essay The Fourth State Of Matter, which appeared in the ...

 My daughter and I are here with the animals until this evening when the rest of our family arrive in town, so we’ve done our own thing. Wat...

Yesterday was so lovely. I started the very dry morning watching these three crows enjoy what remains of the final Halloween pumpkin.  Today...

 I had grand ideas of what I would do to mark the winter solstice, but in the end, I went out just before sunset to help get the herd in, gi...