Tales from FAR Manor

Fire away! Charlie and I have been chucking our golf discs around the house when weather permits (and it permitted much of the last couple w...

Image source: openclipart.org As Daughter Dearest has to be at school at way-too-early a.m., she drops AJ off at our place through the ...

As I’ve said, there were a few upsides to the pandemic (for us, anyway). Avoiding restaurants, for one thing, meant we made a dent in our ov...

With near-incessant rain earlier this month, we brought one of Charlie’s tricycles inside for him to ride when it’s too soupy to ride outsid...

Life on a farm—or FAR Manor—is a constant hack-fest. Sometimes, heavy equipment is required (and at other times, the heavy equipment is the ...

We don’t do these as often as we like, but on occasion Mason will show me something that reminds me to tell him to send screenshots. He’s at...

Image source: openclipart.org A couple weeks ago, I got an email from a product manager: Can you convert these API documents to our format? ...

One of the reasons I didn’t want to buy the house that became FAR Manor, I thought the roof was pretty sketchy-looking. It was obviously une...

King for a day Charlie turned 5 late last week, but of course we waited until Saturday to celebrate. After all, his bio-brother Skylar has h...

Steak is better than sizzle. It’s winter, it was 39°F out late this afternoon, but it was partly sunny with a little breeze. What else to do...

They're lookin' back (they're lookin' back) They're lookin' back (they're lookin' back) Too many people look...

Winter #2 arrived at FAR Manor on Christmas Eve, with heavy rain changing over to mixed sleet and snow in late afternoon. We had a break in ...

Wednesday, 5:30pm: I set up my auto-reply message for work email, shut down the laptop, turned out the lights, and headed downstairs. My end...

We finally got going with the decorations last night. Once again, Mason went under the stairs to eject boxes (and wish he could turn that sp...

I really should post this to my writing blog (and my mailing list), and will when I get a chance, but it’s easier to do from here right now....

Dialing in the Fuji’s front derailleur has proven harder than expected. I put it on the stand, tweak the cable tension, and it shifts. Take ...

I had a few posts written up for our brush with Zeta, and never published them. I back-dated them to the dates they should  have appeared, s...

I felt pretty decent in the morning, despite all the drama. Still, the house was dark and still (no electricity). Fortunately, by the time I...

Still no power this morning. We decided to hit the retail district to: Get breakfast Look for a generator Pick up some other odds and ends A...

This one didn’t seem as scary as Opal in 1994. Just like Opal, Zeta passed by overnight (or very early Thursday morning). The heavy rain cam...