Spent an afternoon stacking wood.  Not well, apparently.  Because when I took my daughter out to show her the progress made (she has a vested interest), I heard a tick…tick…tick…View post

Once upon a time I wrote a book about (among other things) building a chicken coop: Now we have a new project in the works…

We planted oats on a long-fallow patch this spring.  The neighbor was kind enough to plow the sod, then I tilled it and used a simple shoulder-slung broadcaster to spread…View post

Some time ago when metrosexuals were all the rage I did a story that never got published.  The premise involved a magazine having me fly pretty much straight from 10…View post

First night we had the pigs, it rained.  A fairly cold rain.  Since this was also the first night the pigs had ever spent outdoors, I worried they wouldn’t know…View post