Daniel Alan Craig, age 77 We’re all pretty discombobulated. My dad, also known as Grandpa, Papa, Beepaw, and Uncle Dan, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack last Saturday, April 13, 2024. He was doing what he loved
Daniel Alan Craig, age 77 We’re all pretty discombobulated. My dad, also known as Grandpa, Papa, Beepaw, and Uncle Dan, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack last Saturday, April 13, 2024. He was doing what he loved
I was minding my own business. Okay, I know that nobody believes that. I was doing some overdue maintenance in my apiary. An apiary is what you call the place where you keep your bee hives. Yes, I have bee
We have three hens who want to be mommies. It started out slowly and now it is a full-fledged phenomenon. We had one hen, our Black Australorp, who started sitting on eggs about a month ago. We’d go in to
Our good chickens started laying eggs in the dead of winter. I went out to check their water one cold morning in January and found 2 eggs. I sent this note to Erika: “Omg! Omg! Omg! Guess what I found
Rural Wisconsin reminds me of Narnia when it snows. I feel transported to a quiet, sparkly, magical place where anything is possible. As I reflected on this landscape and thought about my family all preparing to come together for Christmas,
UW Extension was offering a composting class in October. I signed up for two seats figuring that we should learn how to turn our random pile of garden waste into something useful. My family has been diligently transporting wheelbarrow and
Steve finally has the evidence he needs to prove that I may be certifiably crazy. I had a really busy, long work week last week that included a 17 hour day in LA where I saw 4 different clients from
I never knew I’d be contemplating such deep philosophical questions. But, what, really, is the difference between a duck and a goose? How do you tell them apart? This is relevant now because I live on a lake and there
Meet “Mingo” the flamingo… If you’re having trouble realizing the scale of the monster we created, note the 6 foot long paddles or the little bathtub rubber ducky on the far side of the right paddle. He’s a little droopy,
Our chicks arrived! We, literally, have too many to count. I’m not exactly sure how that happened… After our last DIY shed experience, we decided to turn to professionals for the construction and installation of our chicken coop. My