Well, today’s the big day
All day, yesterday, I worked hard to get ready for being out of commission for a few days (I hope that's all!). I'm scheduled to be at the hospital at 8:45 AM. I'm happy...
The winter’s getting tough on the deer
As we now have nearly three feet of snow on the ground, with two feet of that having come as heavy, wet snow, which quickly froze, the poor deer are having a hard time...
Happy New Year to all of you
I'm sure we'll also have a happy new year but yesterday didn't start off so great. Will was plowing our mile and a half drive after hard winds had drifted some spots quite badly,...
I hope you all had a safe and happy Christmas
Here in northern Minnesota, we had just gotten over a week of sub-zero high temperatures and high wind. So just having a bit warmer day seemed like a true gift. As our family get-together...
We’re preparing for another big snowstorm
This time, they're forecasting power outages to be widespread, as the heavy, wet snow has frozen on the evergreen boughs, making them both extremely heavy and brittle. Of course, living off grid, that doesn't...