Spring will arrive, right on time.

For the past 6 or 7 years The Goat and I have belonged to a CSA  (CSA = Community Supported Agriculture- for more information about CSAs, check out the Local Harvest Site, they do a better job of explaining it than I could.).  However, this year we haven't signed up for one; there is still … Continue reading Spring will arrive, right on time.

My Teaspoon Runneth Over

Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have. - J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". It's almost February.  Which means I should be planning my garden bounty for the summer of 2016.  But I'm not.  Instead I'm grumbling about my numb toes, trying to … Continue reading My Teaspoon Runneth Over

Goodbye, our old metal friend.

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.