Friday   Short version: Cheese pizza, ranch dip, raw bell pepper Long version: The older boys were still gone at their FFA convention, so I ...

Although there are many things about the place I live that are markedly different from mainstream America, one that I am always reminded of ...

Of course these are all from our trip to Arizona. Because that's where I was most of last week. I didn't have a chance to go to the ...

Friday   Short version: Grilled chicken, rice, salad, cookies Long version: This was the day I left with the younger two children to drive t...

Lately I've been getting Poppy into older, longer* books by starting to read them to her. After several chapters of me reading, she'...

We have had such strange weather this spring. It was in the nineties in March, and then on Wednesday, May 20, I had to start the woodstove. ...

Friday Short version: Toad in the hole, fruit shakes Long version: All of the males in the family were gone working or going to town, and al...