The hills have been calling me for two weeks now, but the days have been frigid and icy and the wind wicked - not the kind of weather suitab...

We have come upon the final "guaranteed delivery by Christmas" days of the miracle that is online shopping .   I myself, will be p...

Like everyone else who celebrates any kind of winter festival or religious observance, I'm decking the halls and attending holiday part...

Hello dear ones!  I'm still under the electronic thumb of a power-surging laptop and waiting for my second power cord to arrive (it...

Okay, honestly?  I'm ten kinds of done with the holidays and just barely hanging on here.  Thank the gods I have comic relief of the fur...

Part of my commitment to myself in 2012 is "going back to basics."  I heard several bloggers and podcasters this year (in the Paga...

I took another trip back to the woods this past weekend (in the Valley - it's a short trip.)   We took our semi-yearly excursion to find...

"There were more dances, and there were forfeits, and more dances, and there was cake, and there was negus, and there was a great piece...

Each year, on the last Friday night in November, a village in the Valley has a light up celebration in the center of town.  I've missed...

I walk by the river as often as I can, because it's a beautiful path that I never get tired of.  There is always something to see, a ne...

"It was a cold, bleak, biting weather, foggy withal, and he could hear the people in the court outside go wheezing up and down, beati...

Ornaments Helpful cat Candy Canes Yet another helpful cat Booze & Eggnog (Hey - I drove home in a blizzard.  You're lucky...

Photo courtesy of http://www.shoeboxblog.com/  I've finally managed to get some decorating done around the house, and waded my way thr...

We had a bit of snow today - just a skiff - and it was lovely. I had a rather productive day....or rather....I did very little work and yet ...