Fall is in the air.  Or at least, the end of summer.  Low humidity, lower temperatures, bright sunshine, and a bit of a breeze.  It's ab...

(It's so unusual these days to talk about anything other than those little dictators of my every waking moment--and the non-waking ones ...

When I was a kid, Sundays were always family activity days.  And family activities meant hiking.  Considering that for much of my childhood ...

Cubby and I went out to the garden yesterday to harvest tomatoes and found quite a few ready to pick.  Also quite a few that were cracked, ...

A. is outside with Cubby.  The MiL is in the kitchen making dinner.  Charlie is asleep on the couch beside me. I am drinking a gin and tonic...

Being a mother is challenging wherever you live.  I, for one, would never want to try to wrangle my children in a confining city apartment. ...

Yesterday's post --which is entirely too depressing to leave up any longer, so we're changing the subject--made me think of the phra...