Tales from FAR Manor

Mason, that is. In fact, he was rockin' and rollin' until about 5 minutes ago. He’s finally drifting off on Mrs. Fetched’s shoulder...

Contents continued from yesterday… The man on the overpass watched them approach, concerned neither with the rain nor the guns pointed his w...

This one ran a little long, so I split it in two. The second half goes up tomorrow at 7. Contents Saturday, September 24, 2011 Six men playe...

The Boy got a rather large tax refund, due to having a real job much of the year. Against my better judgement, he (with Mrs. Fetched’s not-s...

Friday’s only a few hours away, after all! Not to mention spring sproinging up here on Planet Georgia… and health insurance reform passing… ...

Contents Tina stood before the entire group, gathering inside the clubhouse after lunch. In a distant past, little more than a week ago, the...

Mason had his 6-months checkup last week. Yup, ½ a candle now. His weight and size are right at the 50 th percentile, meaning he’s dead-on ...

Contents Friday, September 23, 2011 “Rush hour” was one of many things the white pickups carried away. What they brought in its place was a ...

My last day off was Wednesday, and a friend of ours (the Evil Twins’ dad) gave a call just to see what was up, and as he admitted, because h...

Daughter Dearest and I returned from vacation to find Spring #3 ramping up. It quickly got to be nearly as warm as it was in Florida last we...

Contents Thursday, September 22, 2011 The vote went as Charles predicted: a few voiced doubts, but in the end everyone voted to leave for La...

And so it winds down… a week just isn’t enough time to do everything you’d like to do, but in the end it’s enough. It’s enough. I was talkin...

Daughter Dearest and I have reached the halfway point. So far so good — as always, plans one makes on Sunday get a little squishy by Wednesd...

Marching into March! Contents Joseph tried to fling himself through the crowd, but snagged the cords tying his ankles together and he fell i...

A recent BBC article on “America’s original active retirement community” got me thinking. As many long-time readers know, the FAR in FAR Ma...

Contents “Whoa,” Cleve said. “Don’t kill him. Not yet.” Their captive pulled his knees up to cover his abdomen, wincing at his arm but doi...

Thursday wasn’t the best day I ever had… there was a Dilbert strip a long time ago when he was trying to explain that he had to work and to ...

Contents Cleve heard the banging downstairs as Tim grew quiet. He locked the apartment door and hurried back to the bedroom. “Red!” he raspe...

Amazing sometimes, how the baby can be what keeps you sane … (video by Daughter Dearest) We can pretty much count on The Boy giving us a TB0...

I mentioned last week that my MacBook was going in for a new LCD . Well, it went as expected: I got to the Apple Store, they looked at it, a...