Forty-three degrees with full sun. Crocuses blooming. Lettuce sprouting in the hotbed . Tomatoes sprouting in the house. Laundry on...

Five years ago today, I started "Going Country." Five years. That's . . . a long time. I had a lot of things I wanted to sa...

I'm  not asking him to change his ways , though. Except maybe his nighttime waking ways. That can change immediately. But everything els...

When I corned and subsequently cooked the biggest brisket ever , I had to put it in our most capacious stockpot and then fill it with a LOT ...

Good news! Cubby has gotten over whatever sulkiness resulted in his refusal to go outside . Bad news! He wants to be outside CONSTANTLY. Co...

And just as much of a relief to get done. New year, same shearer . And one chilly sheep. Yes, the shearer arrived this m...

When I was in college, one of my roommates at the house I lived in for a year mentioned that her mother didn't always flush her toilet. ...