Ocean

Can you find joy on this day of changing seasons? I hope so. If you're in Wisconsin, it's made easier for you -- our weather is just...

We have been struggling this week with the mechanicals here, at the farmette. First there was the water pump-on-overdrive issue. Ed fixed th...

We are in a never ending battle with weeds. Mostly, I mind weeds that invade the flower beds. They take over and crowd out flowers. But some...

One of the best things about weekends like this one is that they reaffirm this basic truth:  we -- my kids, my grandkids -- we really like t...

Things break. Ed says this all the time. Since he will never call a repair person if he has the strength to attempt a fix himself, he is one...

Toward the end of the morning I said to Ed (rather loudly) -- we have the most gendered division of labor on the planet !  From this one sen...

I'm sitting at a cafe pretending that what is before me -- a cappuccino and a scone -- can be called lunch. I hadn't had time to gra...

At breakfast, Ed and I talked about travel. I had mumbled something about not wanting to spend the rest of my days weeding (even as I then p...

...Yes, every tomato has a spot on this planet. But should every tomato have a spot in your kitchen?  I have been working through the bucket...