Katherine and Steve have been off on a Spring Color Tour in the Border South. Like me, Katherine sends her postcards when she gets home. She writes: After being gone a whole week the cat and I have been fighting over the computer. She likes to be right by me at all times including when […]
Sunday was a day devoted to playfulness. It went even better than I had any right to expect. Louan Lechler called about this and that, and the next thing you know we were haring about the countryside exploring. If you are going to spend an entire afternoon playing, it is just as well to begin with […]
Babs Young has made Rapid City an irresistible destination. She writes: This is Miller’s Antiques in Rapid City. Worth a stop any time you are visiting the area. It goes on and on, and if you are looking for something, he probably has it. It may take awhile to find it, though. I’m putting some […]
I love morels. I love them sauteed in butter. I love them grilled. I love dried ones simmered in soup. But can I ever find them? I cannot. Well, mostly I cannot. All around me, though, people are finding them. Looky here: From Cub Reporter Babs Young: I’m not a big morel hunter or eater, […]
This morning I poured a cup of coffee and sat down to see what Mrs. Uhdd has been up to over in the north of England. It turns out that she is celebrating the third anniversary of her admirable blog. Three years of posts about drystone walls, weather sweeping across the hills and dales, fellrunners, chickens, […]
I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon with Lois and Gary Dawson and heard so many good stories I don’t know how I’ll even remember them all, let alone make them into posts. Why the road to Ellsworth bends. The adventurous life of Jeanie Sage of Shady Nook. Taking the train to Petoskey. The […]
May 19, 2010
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