General Blog Posts
“What do baby birds do in their nest? How do baby birds play? Does the Mommy bird sit on the babies at night? What do birds eat? What do turtles eat? Do bears eat people? Do bears live around here? Is the UPS man going to bring me my book?” Once Tyler gets started, he…
This year, we decided to join a CSA, a community sustained agriculture, group. We paid ahead and agreed to pick up our allotted produce once each week, beginning in early June. The produce was organic and came straight from the farm that day. We’ve had herbs such as cilantro, dill, basil, and garlic; fruit such…
In August, my husband, Pat, started talking about an abandoned kitten that turned up at his work, a food manufacturing facility. As a manager, he was concerned about cat hair getting into the workplace because employees were feeding the starving feline during their breaks. She visited at night and was friendly, even purring and rubbing…
In 2015, my eldest son, Nathanial, decided to buy a giant sequoia tree and some redwood seeds. He claimed that some had survived in Wisconsin. He was pumped. The little twig was named Steve after Steve the hedge in the movie, Over the Hedge. Unfortunately, the instructions were lost, some bad advice followed, and poor…