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I'm not the first who'll say that the best conversations with a kid happen in the car. A captive audience: she has got your attentio...

No need to ask about the weather, right? It is what it is.   Feeling fitful and rested, I start in on breakfast. Except that I did not want ...

I've thought of a new strategy to combat this never ending drippy, gloomy weather, without adequate snow or sunshine: ignore it. If some...

Yes, it was misty cold and damp on my morning walk to the barn. Nothing new there. But just a few minutes later, I had a peak at what life w...

You have to pull out all the stops to like a day like this: wet and cold and gray, with an exclamation point! Snowdrop said yesterday -- I l...

Little lemons, that's what I call them: the little lemons of a January day. Take the weather: stuck at foggy, drippy, cold, wet. There w...

The amaryllis burst into full bloom this morning. Yes, the bulb that I sort of hoped would bring a bit of color to the Christmas table. The ...

Maybe I shouldn't have gloated about how we missed all that horrible Wisconsin weather while away on our trip. Sure, no Arctic blast cam...

In one of those endless waits yesterday (airport lines, delays, holdups -- that kind of thing), Snowdrop told me that one reason she loves g...