For the last month, when it gets around to writing this blog, I find myself in the middle of the week with no idea what subject. So much of ...

It was Thursday when it dawned on me that I'd written nothing for here. Worse, I had no idea for something I could write. The probl...

One of the things I like about winter is how it offers time for dreaming and planning. Longer nights help the first and inclement weather is...

Last week, I was surprised to learn that Andrew Sullivan was no longer going to do a blog. That might have bothered me more since only la...

One of the things that I must admit that I little understand is hero worship, but before I go farther, I better define what I mean by her...

When it's winter here in the Willamette Valley, one of the things we like to do is head for William L. Finley National Wildlife Refug...

In a Pacific Northwest winter, we know we have to take our great days when we see them roll in as often the weather forecast had no clue wha...

  from the farm 1/7/15 Nobody knows how long they will live. I've had those I loved who didn't make it to 30, but in general t...

Wahoo! We made it over the hump, that's the longest night of the year. We made it into a new year. And that all is kind of exciting. We ...