Tales from FAR Manor

Wow, has it really been four years since I discovered the peach tree next to the composter? Not like there was much more to say. The peache...

Soon after lunch last Sunday, Daughter Dearest caught me in the kitchen. “Can you take these and toss 'em in the woods?” she asked, hand...

Since I was Mason’s age, I’ve always wanted to see a total eclipse in person. So when I learned that it was going to pass only an hour’s dri...

It was bound to happen sooner or later. June and July (so far) have featured thunderstorms pretty much every day. It finally happened Wednes...

In an attempt to stretch vacation, I took Thursday and Friday off as well as the entire week. We made the hotel reservations, and only after...

As yummy as they are big! Last month saw a return to the typical summer weather we get in Sector 706—we had more 90°F days in June than ...

On Monday, we signed out a paddleboat and took a little tour around the lake: Faster, Granddad! There's a beach area on down a wa...

Saturday was the big day, and nobody ran off at the last second (although one of the bridesmaids went missing for a while). I ’d have been h...

The road out front of the manor is lined with all sorts of stuff this time of year. Some of it blooms, some doesn’t, and the economy sucks e...

The blueberries peaked and dried up the week I was suffering from cramps in my back muscles, so I didn’t get too many. Even more unfortunate...

After repairing the shelf in Daughter Dearest’s closet, I got started on supper. I had put myself on the hook to make rolls and pasta salad,...

…west? This is Planet Georgia. The sun sets wherever the pod people say it sets. Just ask them! The three-day weekend is about 1/3 over. Som...

Summer is hitting Planet Georgia with both barrels… as I’ve said before, the weather here has attitude. But it’s not stopping the flowers… A...

Tomorrow’s episode of FAR Future begins, “In the long hot days of August, Murphy’s star is in the ascendent and nothing works right.” Even ...

No, not the fancy phone, the kind you eat or make into jelly or pies. I was kind of surprised at how good they looked this year, given the d...

Over the years since moving to the free-range insane asylum, I have come to dread August. The heat is bad enough on its own, but it stresses...

Space at community yard sale: $10 Amount sold: $22 Sitting in a canopy chair all morning instead of going to the chicken houses: PRICELESS! ...

We had plenty of leftovers from the 4 th — even though J’s whole family came to help us eat. So Mrs. Fetched, being a kind soul, tossed a h...

Not the volunteers for the revolution, although if Congress doesn’t put a leash on Bush-league — and soon! — it might come to that. But for ...

I wimped out on taking the motorcycle this morning, using the need to carry a laptop as an excuse — so naturally, it didn’t rain much today....