March Arrives... and with it, vernal  anticipation . If you're looking for me in the early days of this month, you may not find me. ...

For several years I've been consciously challenging myself to be a better person. Specifically, to be a better white person. And it is...

February is the shortest month in linear measure, and yet, the longest month of winter. For me, anyway. Despite this delightfully mystifyi...

January. The month named for the god, Janus. The god who looks forward and looks back. The god of comings and goings. The god of portals ...

Peacekeeper, Margaret Jean Maville Derwitsch, my mother-in-law and friend, passed into the Big Mystery a week ago, on the cusp of midnigh...

As my hemisphere sinks deeper into the darkness of the season's cauldron, the time comes ripe and ready to add the elements of desir...

Homemade bacon. ::swoon:: A couple weeks ago we started our first bacon. I can’t believe we never made it before now. After all, Mr. Sp...

I was gifted these beauties a short time ago. Remember? I set some to fermenting. I strained them, blended the solids, returned t...