Winter storm Juno is barreling toward the Northeast and we wait with anticipation. At the moment, we’re poised to get 1 to 30 inches of snow, depending on which weatherman you listen to (obviously, we don’t take much stock in the weather forecast around here). So, with boots and snow shovels at the ready, we…
This afternoon, when I took the dogs for a run on the farm, they scared a red fox out from the underbrush. He took off across the frozen pond and left the daintiest trail of footprints.
Long story short… I fell in love with a lamp at Pottery Barn. However, the price was $170 and that didn’t include the shade. Because I love old things more than I like new things, I figured I could just make a lamp that looked like the one from Pottery Barn using an old glass…
The first fall of snow is not only an event, but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world, and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, where is it to be found? ~ J.B. Priestley
Sometimes, if you’re not careful, life will knock you down and run you right over. It takes an effort to snap out of the everyday-worry-about-everything-there’s-got-to-be-more-to-life-than-paying-bills stressed out attitude that, over time, we all seem to adopt. Life is not only meant to be lived, but enjoyed. So, today I took a deep breath and walked…
Acres and acres of pasture and this is the result…
Growing up, I only had the privilege of knowing my grandparents. My great-grandparents were lost to the ages well before I was born. So was all their history – their parents’ names, the towns they were born in, the stories of their journeys to America. Not knowing who these people were has always haunted me.…
One of my favorite poems. This girl’s got talent… check her out at thepoeticunderground. You won’t be disappointed.
Have you ever eaten a cupcake in the bathroom? I have. After a long week of absolute disasters, total calamities and countless near-misses, I decided to give into my inner Tastykake demon. I wheeled into the convenience store and made my way right to the Tastykake display. There it was, in all its glory –…
The Farmers in the Dell 