Tales from FAR Manor

Mason will be 2 in ten days, but he was quite the little monster yesterday. To be fair, it wasn’t entirely his fault. Mrs. Fetched’s aunt ...

The first one was received well enough that I figured it wouldn’t hurt to post another. “Gas rationing has made the Great American Road T...

Sitting at the dining table tonight, as Mason is watching Cars  for the n th time (actually, playing around in between race scenes). No new...

I know I’m weird, but I get giddy all over again just looking at it. If you want a photographic book cover, Sara Reine is a wiz with Photos...

All I can say about this is, it proves that I have a strange sense of humor. We might preserve a few things over the next 2000 years, but it...

I know it’s not Wednesday, but my employer sent us to a Braves game yesterday. The pitching was rather uninspired, and the bats only slightl...

With M.A.E. out of the manor, Mrs. Fetched decided it was time to bring in the bed she bought for Mason at a yard sale last year. There were...

This is what the room that M.A.E. was staying in looks like at the moment: Mrs. Fetched finally got tired of saying she was going to chuck...

This is the “crisis of confidence” story I referred to two weeks ago. After I thought it over, I decided to go with it. See (Late) Wednesday...

I got no new followers this week, so I don’t have anyone to shout at. Spread the word, folks, I’d like to have 100 followers about the time ...

Vacation must really be over, because I’m heading back to work tomorrow. Ick. The van’s A/C mostly worked; we found a few more glitches but ...

Vacation has begun, says I, typing this in a hotel room somewhere in Indiana. (Jim, Andi, sorry I didn't arrange to meet, but it's f...

I had a crisis of confidence with the flash I was going to post, and didn’t remember I had this one until afternoon. It’s not any kind of “s...

Wow, two in a row! As always, welcome to the new follower: Luca Veste — book blogger, adult student… and father of two daughters! Oh, I’l...

This evening, Mrs. Fetched and I went down to Big V’s with some chow — and Skylar. The big blond chunker is starting to think FAR Manor is h...

At last , I sit down on Wednesday night to catch up on things. As usual, let’s start with greetings to the new observers at the free-range i...

J.A. Konrath is back from vacation, and brought home an interesting insight. He shares it in One More Nail in the Coffin . The heart of it i...

This is a sequel to last week’s story, Kate’s Wings . Sonia Lal opined, “this story needs To Be Continued,” and I immediately thought about ...

Sometimes, the only way to get a blog post up is to just sit down and bang it out. I got an invite to Google+ on Friday, and spent a lot ...

A short one this week. I enjoy writing these sub-500 word pieces, not only because I can start and finish them in a lunch hour. Kate’s Wi...