Remains of the Day

The leaves are turning fast these days. Everything's golden and orange and red and bronze. It's that time of year when t...

Saturday afternoon, the boys, their friend, and I braved the mist and gray skies and hit the trail at a new hiking spot not too far from hom...

I was getting kind of tired of devoting half of my weekends to housework (okay, I've never NOT been tired of devoting half my weekends t...

We had a short, sweet return to 80-degree temperatures this past weekend. On Saturday, M and I went to see one of his f...

Today I'm over at Mud Puddles to Meteors with a few words about one of our favorite local hiking destinations.

"Let's walk down to the river," I say, after the rain lets up and the world warms up, all steamy and green. "NO...

Things are looking distinctly fall-ish around our homestead of late. Which, I guess is only appropriate, since tomorrow is the first ...