Becoming

A few months ago I found that ComEd, our electric supplier, has some new energy data on their website, including a comparison of one's e...

Merry Christmas, one and all! I'll be holding my loved ones tight and counting my blessings. And hoping you will have the sam...

Flight Behavior, the newest novel from Barbara Kingsolver, is set in Appalachia and has a marvelously imaginative scenario involving c...

Dora and Oscar at Dora's house   I don't know if Oscar actually loves Dora or not.  But I love Dora's family. They took ...

  The view out the front door at first light this morning Despite dire predictions, our area wasn't hit that hard by last night...

My Wisconsin sister emailed mid-morning to say she and two of her sons had just finished shoveling the seven inches of snow that had been du...

  Greens from my yard, instruction by my dad My cousin and her husband and my parents coming for brunch this morning  was good ...