January seems to have flown by, and I feel like each day's weather brought something new. One day would be cold with chilly winds ...

Slipping into winter for our part of the Midwest has been gradual, except for the few days before Christmas when the "bomb cyclone...

Happy New Year friends near and far...welcome to 2023! Sending you my wishes for the happiest, healthiest, loveliest year ever!  And before ...

It's two days before Christmas and right now I'm settled in by the fireplace having (yet another) mug of hot chocolate. The fire is ...

There's nothing like reading this when skimming the early morning news... POTENTIAL PRE-CHRISTMAS BOMB CYCLONE COULD BRING BLIZZARD COND...

When the December sky is a gun-barrel gray and any warmth from the sunshine is lost behind the thick clouds and blown away by the brisk wind...

A short note to say "Thanks" to all for the sweet get-well messages...COVID has passed, now to get on with the fun of the holiday ...

  A few snapshots of what's happening around the farm... a gorgeous sunrise, and lovely sunset,  spying a vintage corn crib  sigh... old...

In reading your blogs, I'm always inspired by what you're doing wherever you are in the world...all across the United States, to Gre...

So on the way to the "big city", I passed a cute little wicker chair on the side of the road...sitting next to a trash can, someon...

First, thank you to all those who expressed such kind thoughts and words on my last post as I struggled with a feeling of helplessness...pai...