// Josie, completely deadpan, after sniffing a can of Sierra Mist left on the counter:  Smells like your airport wine. (at this point we h...

  We usually spend Easter in Texas ( 2014  //   2015   // 2016  part 1   part 2  //  2017  // 2018  // 2019 ) but 2020 lockdown 2021 not rea...

On the first day of spring, a brilliantly sunny warm day: a visit from Custom Foodscaping to install the berm for the food forest in the sid...

  // We are now getting three eggs a day from the chickens and the occasional double yolk egg! // In our tenth year of marriage, we began pl...

  // Clementine: "I want to play tennis more.  At class we hit the ball softly.  I want to hit it FAST."   // I saw these HappyMe ...

  We began birthday weekend on Friday morning: banana cinnamon rolls that I made and froze last weekend.  Friday night was movie night - Cle...