Tales from FAR Manor

Contents Cleve reluctantly agreed to let the group split up. Tim took some riders to his shop to get the Kidd Haulers, while Jason and Ben r...

Wow, the week’s already gone by? I'm running on battery power, writing through a thunderstorm. Funny how I was thinking earlier this wee...

Did I mention that this is going to be a long day, story-wise? Contents After a brief pause, everyone slipped behind clothes racks or shelve...

Just a few of the things, normal and not-so-normal, going on around the manor this week… The dogwoods shook off their yellow early in the we...

Mason is a proto-vegetarian, as Daughter Dearest was a proto-feminist. He doesn’t like the taste of the beef (or turkey) baby food (the faci...

This is strange. I’m usually the one asking the questions. Think of it as expanding your horizons a little, then. Haha, I can deal with that...

Contents Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Cody and Sondra were busy cuddling, giggling, stroking — starting another round of lovemaking to begin ...

Last Sunday was Easter, and that’s the day when the kids get christened. Mason was right up there to get his head wet and he didn’t mind the...

With the tax refund making an audible THUD as it landed in our checking account, I decided to splurge on a baby sling. I’ve been wanting on...

Contents Monday, September 26, 2011 Shady sat at the top of the stairs as Cody mounted the steps. He mewed a greeting; his glowing eyes refl...

Home. No supper cooking, which is no surprise. More surprising is that The Boy was the only one here, but no surprise at all that he was on ...

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...