Learn to speak Piggish in 12 easy steps. 15 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm

Respectfully submitted. 12 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm

Consider this my report on the sewing portion of the Sugar Maple music festival.  I apologize for its tardiness.  Only two items were started and finished before I ran out of steam. (because, let’s fa...

Turning Inward 5 Aug 2013 | 07:42 pm

A gentle rain thrums a persistent rhythm atop the porch roof.  I’m taking to my bed this day, in an effort to quiet the havoc a mid-summer cold virus is wreaking on my upper respiratory system.  All b...

I let down my guard in a moment of panic. 31 Jul 2013 | 07:51 pm

I got a hilarious email last week, mid-way through our whirlwind 36-hour roadtrip.  “YOUR CHICKS HAVE SHIPPED!” I read as we transitioned from the swimming portion to the supper portion of the trip.  ...

It’s a good lineup this year. 29 Jul 2013 | 09:30 pm

Today –being the Monday before the Sugar Maple Music Fest — is traditionally the day when I lament the fact that I can’t/won’t be making family outfits to mark our attendance.  But we all know what cr...

Impromptu Road Trip! 25 Jul 2013 | 10:53 pm

The idea came to me last week Wednesday as I was washing my second harvest of wool.  A road trip was in order.  Unlike First Harvest, handspun entirely, the second and all subsequent harvests will be ...

Fledgeling Wren 22 Jul 2013 | 06:01 pm

If ever you find yourself with an opportunity to hold in your hands a tiny, just-fledged wren, I do hope you’ll take it. It is the second year in a row that we’ve had the chance.  Small miracles they...

Pig in a Poke 16 Jul 2013 | 08:30 pm

With all the pomp and circumstance required for the introduction of new livestock to the Acres, (a ride in the back of our minivan) we brought home the bacon last night.  KevinBacon, that is, and Ronn...

This hereby concludes the Five Green Acres Shearing Season. 11 Jul 2013 | 08:14 pm

Have camper, will travel… 9 Jul 2013 | 07:47 pm

…back in time. Was it March when we acquired this gem of a popup camper?  I think so.  Sporting a color palette that was all the rage in 1995, the year of its birth, this deluxe model Starcraft ha...