We have a new and maybe not entirely welcome variation on The Owl Game . This one can be played day or night and involves Cubby the great ow...

The Great Mildew Eradication continues apace. I am currently working my way around the downstairs bedroom, which is always horribly damp an...

A. noted a couple of days ago that soon we're going to have a stretch of cool days with nights at or just below freezing. "You know...

The following conversation occurred at the dinner table tonight . . . A. : So Cubby, do you think we should set some traps next weekend? ...

Cubby's newest favorite activity is looking at the stars and the moon--oh, and Venus, also a favorite--through Grandma's binoculars....

I pulled a couple of turnips out of the garden the other day and used the greens for a stir-fry. The turnips themselves I left on the table ...

When life hands you lemons in the form of two sick children who are producing prodigious amounts of mucous and getting up at 4:30 a.m. (beca...