Dog Days of Summer
The ancient Greeks thought of the constellation Canis Major as a dog, with the star Sirius as its nose, who chased the hare Lepus. Dog...
Don't Get Bored
We live in a small town with limited entertainment options, so we decided to make some pretty major changes to keep away the boredom....
First Snow
You would never have thought on Monday morning that snow was coming. The morning and early afternoon temperatures were in the mid/low 60s...
The Fall of Fall
Fall has fallen, like a curtain, here in Buffalo, Wyoming. I am in love with the oranges and reds, fallen leaves a colorful carpet on...
It's the Simple Things
I remind myself each day that I will not escape death, and I don't know when I will die, so how will I live today? For me, living today...
How Not to Move
As we finish unpacking the boxes from our move to Buffalo WY and I can actually see the floor, I've been thinking and what I would have...
Deer Fence and the Expanding Universe
Today is the best day ever. Today we extend the deer fence to entirely surround our back yard. The new portion of the deer fence will...
Whose Dogs Are These?
When we moved to Wyoming, we knew our lives would change. We most certainly didn't know how much Wyoming would change our dogs. We went...
Squeezing into a 1920 Kitchen
After 16 years in a cramped, cookie-cutter Los Angeles condo, and a hard-hearted discard of everything we considered non-essential, we...
Change at Any Age
When I was in college, I assumed that at some point in my life there would be no more dramatic changes. I would have a family, live in...