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(Saturday) Arriving in Hohoe Hey, that was no small feat! Running to catch various flight connections, then sitting for hours on the Ghana ...

And so I head out to Ghana. There are, to my knowledge, only two direct flights from the United States to Accra, Ghana’s capital, and one of...

There isn’t much risk to most of my travels. Oh, people always say “safe travels!” when they learn I’m venturing forward, but truly, going o...

What? Where did this come from?? (outside my bedroom window) Oh, it’s pretty alright. The kind of scene which, in early December, wou...

How do you want the door to open in the bathroom? Say what? From the left, or from the right? Andy wants to know. I’m not fussy about door...

If you were to peg me as someone who approves or disapproves of regulations, I'd say hands down, I'm one who thinks the world needs ...

What time does Home Depot open today? Eight? Good. Let’s go. I need more paint brushes. By nine I’m at the farmhouse...   ...applyi...

The post is going to be about the farmhouse. So scurry off if you’ve had it with the reconstruction theme. The morning rounds: Menards, Ho...

Early in the day, a dove sat down on my outdoor flowerpot and twiddled and fidgeted while another, her partner perhaps, watched from above. ...

The day is gray, work starts early and ends very late, the mind is reeling, the body feels stiff. I read that mice appreciate exercise , wel...

I do not know why I imagined that having an hour or so in the morning would allow me to make inroads into the staining/sealing of farmhouse ...

Welcome to March. The good month. The underappreciated month. Criticized up north, where it seems to portend not of spring, but of feisty, g...

So another week begins. A little unusual for me: I wake up in Chicago and I hurry to the El so that I can catch the early bus to Madison. ...

Late Friday. We continue to eat our way through the evening... ...and we catch up. But it becomes late for me, even as it is still s...

As I make my way from the local bus to the Library Mall (where I hope to catch the Chicago-bound bus), I come across two dogs that support W...

If you’re going to do farmhouse restoration, expect to do a lot of lifting and carrying. Heavy things. Boulders in basements, beams, old tub...

We are in that period of farmhouse renovation when things look a lot worse, so that, if all goes well, things will eventually be better. C...

The farmers who supply us with spinach every two weeks all winter long sent an email with these words: spring IS really just around the corn...

As I walk to the bus stop early this morning, I’m thinking – surely it is the last time this season that I will be seeing this? After ...

It’s good that in travel, you do not know what awaits you or else, quite likely, you’d never leave the soft cushions of your couch. In Atl...