It's been a long and lonely winter. A cold winter. I'm from Iowa originally and I'll tell you, I'm use to some long winters but something about this one because dreary and harsh. At work we all felt it. It started as exasperated hallway chatter. "When wi… more »

I'm participating in Project 365, a photo a day for 365 days. I started on January 1. I will occasionally share them here. You can find my Project 365 Flickr set here. more »

I don't really believe in omens, unless they are good ones and ladies and gentlemen, this afternoon I found two very good omens indeed. Not only are these good omens for our garden but also a sure sign that we are on our way to summer with no more backtr… more »

Okay, I know I'm in Illinois but I'm from Iowa so I still get to sing the song. I never mentioned the popcorn because honestly, I was pretty sure you couldn't grow popcorn from Orville Reddenbocker popcorn you buy at the store I figured it was irradiated… more »