Tornado clean-up complete and just in time as we are now staring Thanksgiving square in the face, ushered in with significantly colder temperatures. We’ve had our first frost, several now…

I will always try to be the first to raise my hand and admit when I am wrong. As you may recall if you are a long-time reader, I write…

It has been a busy time for me, starting with the packing and storing of all the decorations from Halloween. I had brought them all in due to the crazy…

Halloween has come and gone – hard to believe it’s over already. It was a truly great month leading up to last night’s grand finale. Halloween night was wonderful (albeit…

Long time, once again! I feared this might happen – there has not been a lot going on here and I have been wrapped up with outdoor projects such as…

It has been a static period of late – no big events, no travels, and sadly, no hikes. My wife has been enjoying helping our daughter take care of her…

I have, for some reason, fallen into a bit of a rut. It can – it does – happen to all of us in life at some point or another;…

This time of year always provides all the ingredients for a unique recipe of both anticipation as well as a mourning or melancholy. Summer is a season of celebration; it…

After a pause in writing, I am back. In the interim we went through a hurricane scare: Henri was forecast to plow right up the bay through the middle of…

A huge surprise befell me yesterday. But first, some background. Those of you who have followed my rants and ramblings since the beginning, and who have a good memory, will…