Christmas Time Is Here
Merry Christmas Friends and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Buddy and I have been plugging away here on the farm, tending to daily duties and quietly watching the seasons change through the wavy windows...
To the Everyday Heroes
One of the benefits of sporting a roadmap of wrinkles, carting around a bone bag of stiff joints, and having a fond memory of a thick head of hair, is knowing that along the...
Summer Days on Vashon Island
My favorite season (I say that about the other three, too) is now greeting me with darkness when I roll out of bed around 5 am. The light of summer's pendulum is stealing away...
Very Vashon Victoria Sponge Cake
I recently discovered Victoria sponge cake thanks the PBS program The Great British Baking Show, where Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood serve up tasty challenges to a group of lovely home cooks and amateur bakers. The...
Lost and Found Old Garden Rose
This time of year, my morning ritual usually includes several cups of coffee, the reliable warmth of Buddy (my bulldog) laying at or on my feet under the kitchen table, and a walkabout to...
Spring Is a Generous Caller
What's grand and glorious about the Pacific Northwest could not happen without the presence of rain, lots of rain—rain that sneaks in on a wind's whisper or commands attention as a charging front headed...
Bulldog Confidential: A Buddy Tell-All
The title Bulldog Confidential may be misleading, because nothing about my bulldog Buddy is hush-hush. He is a larger than life presence who lives and loves with his heart on his sleeve, make that...
It’s Been Awhile…
Quiet Days on the Farm
I started writing my blog about ten years ago at the prodding of my former boss and current friend, Nicholas. He would chide me regularly, "When are you going to...
Sam and Dom Sittin’ in a Tree…
The day I met Sam and Dom, I was incurably smitten. Call it a twinkle or spark with a bit of fairy dust and star alignment thrown in, our initial neighborly encounter caught me...
Buddy: Bonvivant and Bulldog About Town
I don't hide my love of bulldogs. I gush, dote, kowtow, and cater to the charismatic clowns and heart melters wherever and whenever they cross my path (or back in for a butt rub,...
