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As I pack up and leave the farmette (class starts soon), I think – well, at least I cleared the path to the shed. And in years past, I put i...

To create a bug free space outdoors (where I could work while bouncing slightly in a sling back chair), Ed digs out two ancient fans and pos...

If ever I wondered whether mosquitoes like dawn as much as they like dusk, this morning I had the chance to find out. Yes, they do. Up bef...

The light fades. The mosquitoes are out. It’s not that they’re just out, they are having a convention! Ed reads on the Internet that the a...

The end of a too busy week for me. I’m spent.

Working hard again (and I know I am not alone: most of the world works hard and indeed, most of the country takes far less time off than I ...

Do you have days like that? ...When you find yourself thinking that the ordinary is remarkably funny? For example, Lincoln, on Bascom Mall, ...

What can you say about a day when your most memorable (in a sad sort of way) activity is packing up your favorite camera for shipment so tha...

At the Saturday market, I overheard one of the vendors say –  when I was a kid, Fourth of July meant decorating my bike with red white and ...

What Ed and I do well when we are home, back in Madison, is grab a day like today – a brilliantly sunny July Saturday and fill it with outdo...