Tales from FAR Manor

Icy Sedgwick laid down the challenge : “write a story about a pirate captain, a fictional London bus route, and a kidnapped bear cub.” Am I ...

You would think I would have had plenty of time to crank one of these out last week. But, no. I was actually getting some writing done while...

Lobster hasn’t been at the manor for more than a few minutes at a time since we returned from the resort. We specifically told him to not br...

This is something I posted on Google+ a while back. I thought I’d update it a little and share it here. A Day at the Museum The hands-on...

If you've missed others in this irregular series: On the Georgia Road 1 On the Georgia Road 2 “Lanier Fest runs Friday through Tue...

It’s been an odd week for writing, both good and bad. But first, let’s greet the new follower: Philip Ellis — I couldn’t find your website...

Up at the resort. Mrs. Fetched, after giving me Friday night to myself, gave me Mason all day yesterday and today. We’ve had a good time; we...

This is a dark one for me. That’s what I get for looking for inspiration in a graveyard again. Like I said, this cemetery has been around a ...

Greetings to all y’all… It’s been a strange week for writing. The three-day weekend at Mom’s didn’t let me do much more than nibble at the...

Although he’s been “terrible” for a while now, today Mason is officially two! Blowing out the candles After blowing out the candles, h...

I got the idea for this story Wednesday evening, on a stroll with Mason. We walk along a dirt road bordering a nearby cemetery, since there’...

The more sharp-eyed readers (and I love you all, sharp-eyed or not) noticed that I changed the usual title of Wednesday Wibbles to Writing ...

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...