Just before I went to bed last night, we had a varmint visit outside the office window! The bird feed comes in at night, so I hope the varmint will move on to better pickings elsewhere… From his interest in the crumbs, I may have to start sweeping every evening to further discourage visits. More […]

Another mass shooting of children. I understand that my blog is an escape, of sorts, from the troubles in which we are all entangled, but I cannot pretend this didn’t affect us. Harry pointed out that an indicator of trouble just might be an 18 year old purchasing body armor. Let’s start by banning body

A busy weekend, counting Friday as part of that. Suddenly, here we are at Monday evening already. Harry was up early on Friday to give a speech at Focus Marines. It was a beautiful day after a stormy night, and was followed by a very wet Saturday. Before the weather deteriorated, I watched a very

The rural internet continues to thwart my intention to blog regularly. Life here has been lush and green and without much excitement, anyway. Monday brought Rebecca to help in the garden. She unloaded and distributed 20 bags of mulch without me, and supplied us with the best eggs in Missouri. Rebecca’s French Marans hens, live

For horsemen, most horses leave hoof prints on our hearts.  For me, they have always just been passing through my life.  I don’t forget the horses I have loved, or sometimes even disliked, but I have almost never expected to keep any of them forever.  Artie came into my life  in 2015 when we bought