I thought for sure that these young deer? elk? would hop the fence to eat the yucca blossoms in my front yard.  Smooch barked and sc...

I've started painting the guest room.  There's no turning back now.   Smooch thinks I've lost my mind, and she's...

Waking up without a plan for the day is dangerous for me. I'm liable to do something rash. Like move the coffee pot. I decid...

I checked off an item that has been on my to-do list for 12 years.  No, it was not "do laundry." It was "install a c...

I woke up with one goal for the day: purge the refrigerator of items past their prime, then clean it. But first I had to drink coffee and...

Cleaning tack has been on my to-do list since forever. What a luxury it is to have the time to do the job right... ...where "r...

Three posts in three days...it's a fluke.  Please don't get used to this level of regularity.  I suppose I need to prove to m...

We're now at 88 consecutive days without measurable precipitation. It has to rain eventually, right? Until it does, we'll just...