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

The youngest brought home strep.  Then the oldest had a sore throat.  Then Mom got a sore throat, cough, head and ear congestion.  Now Dad (who rarely catches stuff) is…View post

Loaded up the “meats” and took them to the processor yesterday.  “Processor” as in a woman in rural Wisconsin with a team of local folks in a small shed.  48…View post

Unexpectedly heard “Brotherhood of Man” by Innocence Mission today and – as always – it broke me up with its beauty and its ties to the day I held our…View post

When I handed her a signed copy of Ingrid Law’s Scumble the other morning.  Ingrid and I met a year or so ago at an event where she kindly signed…View post