Little House on a Hillside

The winter of 2011 could be considered mild. A couple of snowplow days. Cold weather but not frigid. I shoveled the walkways and paths may...

Lennie has learned that to really get my attention he has to be annoying.  The latest annoyance is that he will climb up the dryer rack to ...

It's been quite a Saturday. I had to trim Lennie's claws, and that is a struggle, because he hates it so. But that was later.  Here ...

Not much change, folks.  Still cheerful, still squeaky-voiced, still ready to chew on you.  "Constructive Discipline" will continu...

What do you do with the stem ends of your asparagus, the ends you break off?  Do you put them in the trash?  In the compost? Not in this hou...

One of the highlights of the year in this part of Vermont is the Orange County Fair, more widely known as the Tunbridge World’s Fair. This i...

I have not been encouraged about American politics for many years, and I have been disgusted with American politics for the better part of...