My Field Days

It’s so dry here.  Such an odd summer.  Flooding all over America, and we are absolutely parched.  The best I can say for my yard and my plants is that they’re alive.  I look at my honeysuckle hedge with dismay, and always end up thankful it’s not a crop I’m trying to grow to earn [...]

She’s been on my mind this week.  “Ninny”.  I wish I could have known her.  My mother tells me that she was so much fun to be with. She was the mother of three girls… Wilma, Glenna, and Ola.  And these girls grew up with the delightful nicknames of Dude, Tean, and Jo.  I wish [...]

It’s so much fun being married to my G.  You absolutely never know what he’s going to say. I made some experimental ice cream using almond milk.  The best thing I could say about it was that it was refreshing… because anything frozen and a little bit sweet when it’s over 100 degrees outside is [...]

The day was just craziness.  (She slips into her Caribbean accent and adds “da mon”.)  I don’t like craziness very much, and a 3-Ring circus isn’t high on my list of favorite entertainment.  But that’s what we had at the barn last week. A new piece of furniture was arriving.  It required the fork lift [...]