I know it's silly, but today we said good-bye to our 1998 Volswagen Jetta TDI. Western PA winters have destroyed it. For those of you who don't know what that means, our roads are kept "clear" through snow, sleet, and ice by plowing and the use of a saline solution, aka salt. If you've ever … Continue reading Goodbye, our old metal friend.
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August. Too early to signal Autumn?
Recently The Goat and I visited Madison, Wisconsin. We were gone 10 days, that's it, just 10 days. But somehow, in those 10 days our yard went from a lush and overabundant green oasis to a dry, yellow, and crunchy yard! Earlier in the Summer it was difficult for me to relate to the water shortage … Continue reading August. Too early to signal Autumn?
City critters welcome in our urban jungle.
As I sit here, on our back porch, wrapped in a blanket, wearing a jacket (it's around 50F - in July!), and listening to all the early morning commotion, I realize how hard it can be to explain to some country folk that city living can be noisy - but not the noisy most automatically … Continue reading City critters welcome in our urban jungle.
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