(All scenes starring one … umm … independently-predisposed very-nearly four-year-old.) 1. A quote, as Mom leaves the driveway on an errand and very-nearly four-year-old is wailing and flailing: “But Mom…View post

More snow this morning. Used the plow truck to get the young’n down the hill for school pickup. This winter has been wintry.  Had a houseful yesterday, including friends and…View post

Even the good ones are saboteurs by nature.  This morning we made the chickens look organized.

Scene last night: Tio Marcelino and I were outside with the youngsters at grandma’s house, the unwrapping done, kids sledding down the driveway, everyone bundled against the frigid air, laughter. …View post

With the questions of a three-year-old.  Most provocative recent inquiry: “Daddy, where do tears live?”