Those who peruse our website or social media posts are aware that we kicked off our homestead adventure with worms--creatures lowest of...

Accept that others may question your choices on how you spend your time and resources.  It might not seem to make much sense to poor out...

As a child on the High Plains, I associated the term ‘monsoon’ with the rainy season in tropical regions, specifically Southeast Asia....

My father’s Silver Bells anthology was extensive. At some point he began “collecting” versions of this well-known (and cheesy) mid-20th...

Merry Christmas! Here’s a picture of a half-devoured fish to bring that extra special bit of Christmas cheer. There’s a first time for...

While the porch light still shines and the Christmas tree yet declares its brilliance through our living room window, the front of the...

(If you’d like to read the previous Iceland post, click:  Piece of Cod ) One more moment to consider the Icelandic realm–on the night...

American’s have a penchant for humorous T-shirts. My father-in-law owns a shirt inspired by the Swedish heritage we share.  It declares:...

Even in the direst of circumstances, the instinct toward survival is not so easily suppressed. A young, probably first year buck that...

“We had eight-hundred acres, just about fifteen miles south of Fort Collins, at least where the town sat when I was a boy. My granddad...

Photo: Ella’s sister ice skating on an Illinois pond — approximately 1980. My field: As I’ve written, our rattly parsonage circa 1905 sat...

“Dad, why are you taking all those pictures of digital maps?” A worthy question; the stranger to my right in 22C probably thinks to...

Ella captured this fuzzy snapshot at the moment the giant black buzzard alighted on our neighbor’s chimney. He (or she?) had just...

Early 1980s Halloween. A shout out to all those goofy Halloween costumes we wore as kids, and to the families of today who make the 31st...

Having grown up in Wheaton, twenty-five miles from downtown Chicago, one would think that my wife Ella would have enjoyed clean, purified...

If you pinpoint Wheaton, Illinois, on a map, you’ll find a suburban community about 25 miles due west of downtown Chicago. One of many...

The “National Capitol Region” is not conducive to, shall we say, serene living. My family jokes, “You don’t need to hang in the left...

Well, it’s been a week since my last post. While not my intention to run silent for so long, I have yet to experience a day in my life...

Continuing the agricultural discourse we kicked off on October 12th, National Farmers’ Day… Readers beware : While I make no claims to...

This post is a continuation of Oct 12th’s observation of National Farmers’ Day. You may want to start there. “It’s just a little...