Tales from FAR Manor

Or something like that. The Boy did a fine carving job, I must say.

Aha — Picasaweb does have a way to embed a slideshow! This is what things look like around FAR Manor right now. If it wasn’t for all the cr...

Contents From the diary of Ben Cho, winter 2011–2012, condensed: The first post-Truckalypse winter was rough on all of us, and it was fairly...

Current music : Anberlin — Dark is the Way, Light is a Place (album) Snippet hasn’t exactly had the best kind of week ever. When her manager...

Contents Sunday, December 25, 2011 Cody stopped waking up early on Christmas morning when he was twelve, but he was awake now. He never thou...

Same thing happens every year, at least since we routed the kitchen/laundry drains to the back yard: tomato seeds get washed down the drain,...

With M.A.E. and Moptop being at the manor for a while, and Daughter Dearest at college, Mrs. Fetched thought it would be OK to let them stay...

Contents Friday, December 16, 2011 Rita grinned at Sara, holding up a blue-tipped stick. “These test kits don’t do too many false positives....

I came home from choir practice yesterday evening to find the downstairs… rather quiet. The Boy and Snippet were nowhere to be found; my iPa...

Contents “I guess so,” said Caitlin, still a little wary. “Are you okay?” Ashley looked at him. He scratched his head a moment. “I ain’t bee...

Yup, another double-issue episode! Contents Thursday, December 8, 2011 “Did you guys know the ramp fell down last night?” Lily asked wide-ey...

Everyone welcome me back to the frustrating world of feature phones. Given the bills we have, Mrs. Fetched had been complaining for a long t...

Thursday, November 24, 2011 “I’ll have to say, this is one of the more unique weddings I’ve ever performed,” said Patterson, standing on the...

Did’ja miss me? While you count the turtles on the dock next door to Dad’s place, enjoying one of the last warm days this side of spring, I’...

Contents They skirted around the ramp, still in place but beginning to show signs of wear. As always, with observers present, the trucks had...

Contents Tuesday, November 22, 2011 “People!” Palmer yelled into the radio. “People hiking up the freeway!” “Stand by,” Sara said. “And don’...

Contents Saturday, November 19, 2011 “Hey cat,” said Cody, walking up the steps with Sondra in the evening gloom. Shady mewed at Sondra, the...

We came home from the resort on Friday. No big deal. Saturday, we had another birthday cake for Mason, this one so The Boy (who was still in...

A few shots from Mason's birthday party yesterday. Click the picture to see a bunch more. Update 9/11 : we had another cake today, so Th...

I can’t let this go without saying: Happy Birthday, Mason!!!! Contents Tuesday, November 15, 2011 The maul bounced with a hollow thunk . “Da...