So I used to write in this blog pretty prolifically.  But when things went from chaotic/messy/stressful/fun to just plain old stressful, th...

I wanted to try growing pumpkins and gourds this year, but didn't want to take up too much ground space with their rambliness. I saw a...

My neighbor Gideon and his two youngest boys leaving my yard after delivering a small load of firewood for our fire pit.

Rollin' in

This is the final post on the open heart surgery series.  If you want to look back at the others, here are the links: Series: Open H...

Last week I started a series on planning for and dealing with major surgery.  In my case, it was open heart surgery, but I imagine this coul...

Three weeks ago today my chest and my heart were cut open and my heart was shut down for about 40 minutes, placed on bypass so the surgeon c...