House has officially switched over to cold.  Stoked up the stove this morning while my two daughters played beauty salon. I am told there is nothing they can do for…View post

Having written this, I like this.

After reading yesterday’s post, a firefighter friend (and the originator of the phrase “BedHead“) reminded me of that old firefighting maxim (I included it in Population 485), “Try before you…View post

After 20-plus years answering fire and EMS calls, one is frequently able to develop a fairly realistic and sometimes entertaining idea of what is going on at a scene even…View post

Warm and sunny, but the wind through the trees and cornstalks yields a more papery sound, and there are birch leaves on the drive…