The lovely and patient older daughter and her husband Finn just got a dog too, a lovely and patient pup named Penny Laine.
Category: White Fang
Sweet Nuts
Why box up Christmas in January and hide all that in the garage?
Smartacus Turns 18
He is a bonfire, I am the spark who started him.
Greasy Little Miracles
These stuffed mushrooms are guaranteed to turn your life right around.
A Fine Feast
Oh, these Millennials, so intent on re-inventing the universe. I happen to be a Perennial, so I can relate.
Ornery Irish Hope
We never know what’s going to happen in the next instant, do we?
Pumpkin Pie Sunsets
Carpinteria is just another scruffy little beach town on the way to nowhere. Very special.
Heal Our Hearts
We are suckers for our pets just as we are suckers for our kids.
Hot-Buttered Fun
Like Poe, I raise a glass of ale, filled “with mingled cream and amber,” and toast this cozy little place.
This Old Couch
When we flipped the old couch to haul it out, it produced $425.25 in loose nickels, 11 socks, a Yanni CD and a lavender brassier