The Spirit of Christmas Drives a Pickup
Each year I wonder if, when, or where I’ll cross paths with the spirit of Christmas.
Perhaps in a person, sometimes in a moment, always...
Tyson Pear: Portrait of an Heirloom Fruit
The Tyson pear is summer's answer to winter's Comice.
I spent the first twenty-some years of my life eating but one pear: the Bartlett, first found...
Daffodils: D is for Deer Proof
Deer proof is a designation that I usually find laughable. I suspect that given the chance, deer would dine on blue tarps and roof shingles. If these beasts...
Storage Solutions: My Mom’s Bright (and Admittedly Good) Idea
Storage Solutions and How to let the sunshine in on a window shelfMy mother is not one to sit idly by. After her last visit...
My Country Life in a Country Song
A day of bad moves, bandages and boo-boos.
We all have bad days, and I must admit that if the following is all I have...
DIY Mud Room With a View
I love my old farmhouse. From her moss-covered shingles to her wavy glass windows to her sloping fir floors, I'm smitten and judge not...
Cast Iron Cookery: Strawberry-Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
Like movies I could watch over and over again, or books I'm happy to revisit regularly, I rarely tire of certain seasonal recipes; in this case strawberry-rhubarb upside-down...
After the Storm: Two Days Lost, Two Days Found
Where there's a will there's a way: survival depends on hot coffee.
Mother Nature provided a reality check this week, dispatching an arctic storm that...
Tom’s Tooth and Trying to Be a Big Boy
A perky plastic role model for me. (Photo, Iris Taboh)
I'm a man who tries to err on the side of optimism, but last week's...
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Watching A Charlie Brown Christmas was as much of a holiday tradition growing up as pulling taffy, baking sugar cookies and hanging stockings. First...
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Say “Good Morning,” Gracie…
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Good morning! I'm usually up at the crack 'o thirty, stumbling about the old house with a toothbrush in...
In My Book, V Is for Vashon
I've written my first book. (Tom Robbins and Sherman Alexie have nothing to worry about.) V Is for Vashon is a sweeping tale, covering everything from...
Plum Easy Plum Tart Recipe
A plum tart recipe that's a keeper!We've got plums aplenty on the island this time of year. Any settled land parcel worth its property...
