My father is back at home after another hospital visit. He went in for a couple of weeks and they got a better handle on the fluid …

I spent a good part of last week quietly angry at my friends. Maybe I wasn’t so quiet. One friend is Earl—a giant Shire horse …

Almost done with this month—one more week. February is usually a grind in Maine, but this year, it has flown by. Some …

My father has been in bed for a week. Getting him to eat anything is impossible. It’s a struggle to even get him to drink …

I just stumbled through writing the date, and I was copying it from my computer’s calendar. I had to think about each digit …

We had some snow yesterday. It’s that really fine, dry stuff that blows around and collects in big dusty piles. The power stayed …

My friend was over last night, working on a pinball machine. He’s in charge of buying, selling, and doing some maintenance …

My friend came over the other night and we fixed the TV enough so it can be used to watch football. I finally had a good …

I haven’t been able to watch football this season. It’s not a huge deal. The power board in my TV is on its way out and if I run the …

Happy New Year! Had a quiet New Year’s Eve here—a few of us watched a movie, counted down midnight, and went our …

Hope the year is ending well for you. Happy Holidays? Merry Christmas? I don’t know precisely what to say without feeling …

We had our first decent snow overnight. It looks like about three inches out there, but it’s still coming down. Previous snowfall …

Ten days ago, my horses had their first baby together. Earl has lived here since he was four months old, so I can be certain that …

Last Thursday, there was a strange emotion running through the barn. It was a warm rainy day so the horses had to spend …

I’m good in a crisis. The most recent example I can give was from last summer. My nephew and I were driving Dad’s Polaris …

This was never a perfect house. Twenty years ago, I searched forever to try to find a perfect house. In the next town over, I …