Tales from FAR Manor

Well, if years were cards, I’d be doing just that as of today. Some friends came to visit, and I got an afternoon nap — even if Daughter Dea...

As much as changes to the outdoor decor, time, weather, a sign of changing seasons is that Mrs. Fetched gets the urge to move furniture. Or ...

While most of this story seems to want Skillet as a soundtrack, for this episode it’s Thousand Foot Krutch’s Smack Down . Contents Wednesday...

It’s too good a graphic to not use when I get the chance, although The Boy disagrees: I was working at home yesterday, and Mrs. Fetched gave...

In the last few weeks, Mason has gotten into this habit of doing things he knows he’s not supposed to do, usually in plain sight of his pare...

Contents Monday, January 9, 2012 Frank looked under the bandage on Will’s arm. “You’ll live,” he said. “Pour a little peroxide on it every d...

There’s some stuff I want to accomplish this weekend. Check back on occasion; I might add a picture or two as I cross stuff off (or add more...

Snippet had been bugging me to borrow my car all afternoon. Um… no, you’re not on the insurance is the standard answer that seems to go fly...

Contents Wednesday, January 4, 2012 “We need to be careful about when we practice from now on, too,” Cleve said. He and several others sat i...

Current Music: God’s DJs The time may change, but free time is ever at a premium for your humble blog-host. I did find an unexpected free ho...

… of 2010, at FAR Manor, anyway. The frost is on the way tonight, and we had some frost up on the garage roof and the cars this morning. For...

Wibble : ( UK, Internet slang ) Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble. A lot of little stuff has been happenin...

Contents Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Go-Big Bob had misgivings about Worleigh’s plan — mainly because he was the one who would get shot if anyt...

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...