Tales from FAR Manor

The drought here may be over — we’ve had above-normal rainfall for a month now. It’s not wiping out our deficit very fast, but maybe we’ll d...

Of the places we lived when I was a kid, I guess I’d have to say the house on Sherman Street was my favorite. The back yard bordered on wood...

Short, free, and you don’t even have to leave the seat you’re in now! (Wow… has it really been November since I posted one of these?) I’ve ...

I’ve always wanted to do something like this . “The most splendidly pointless space experiment of all time” — and they expect it to survive ...

Stay warm, everyone. Spring’s comin’. In FAR Future , it’s about here. Friday, March 8, 2013 Spreading the Wealth This has been all over the...

“Come home alone by 7” did The Boy not understand? I’m guessing two parts, “by 7” and “alone.” As I mentioned Wednesday night, The Boy found...

You know you’re in the South when the forecast includes an inch of snow and it’s the Top Story in the media. I grabbed a treadmill in the wo...

I’ll be guest-blogging tomorrow at Eat4Today — Katiebird is under the weather and asked me to post the regular “Just 4 Today” feature and w...

When the weekend comes, use Rust-Oleum — Ad jingle from the '60s The sun was shining, a beautiful beginning to the weekend. After a slow...

It’s safe to say I was the first person up this morning. I slept until 8:30, which wasn’t bad because I’d gotten to bed before midnight. My ...

I’ve been doing a fair amount of writing, and some of it on future episodes. I hope to (eventually) return to a twice-weekly schedule, but f...

I was trying to be positive, but I couldn’t actually bring myself to believe it was going to happen until it did. The Boy started at Lanier ...

After an evening using the big drill with a 3" wire wheel, I figured there had to be something bigger that would let me get the job don...

Some friends of ours decommissioned an Earth Stove fireplace insert some time back, and had it sitting under their porch ever since. When th...

The in-laws have a superstition that whatever you do on New Year’s Day establishes a pattern for the year ahead — thus, it’s a good day for ...

I must have whacked my knee a good one the other day at the chicken houses. It started hurting a bit the night before last; it woke me up ar...

All I can say to this is: don't I wish!!!

Continuing the holiday baking series… I wonder how many will be left tomorrow morning. I told The Boy in passing that I was making them, thi...

It is said "the wheels of justice turn slowly." But turn they do, and they came around late last week for The Boy. Back around the...

[I’ve wanted to write this story for over a year now. Olga, my B&D Muse, finally took pity on me and let me get it down.] Santa Claus li...