It never rains but it pours
Our area was so very dry earlier this spring, with the rivers and lakes down alarmingly. Then it started to rain! So far, we've had four inches in two days, another inch, then an...
What does a homesteader do for fun?
For many years, I've been working on a series of Western novels, which have mostly been sitting in a box in the closet as Westerns aren't "in." But recently, I found an interested publisher...
We got quite a snowfall, but it won’t last
A few days ago we got hammered with about five inches of new, very heavy snow. For a while, you could hardly see the woods around us. We knew it was coming but by...
Today it’s sloppy outside so we’re working inside
Temperatures have been in the 40s yesterday and today, so that foot of new, heavy, wet snow is nearly gone. It left puddles like lakes and a river running down the hill toward the...
Today I saw our first pussy willows!
Driving into town today, I spotted pussy willows out on a bush that is always the very first in the area. I always watch that bush as when they finally pop out, it gives...