Wisdom in the Birches

It's decorate-your-door week at school.  I commissioned a couple of students to put my favorite new quote--well, new to me, the quote ...

I've been reading Mycellium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, a birthday gift from my mother.  Fascinating stuff.  Don...

The kettlebell (a cannonball with a handle) was first used as a Russian training device over 300 years ago, so though it might seem like j...

All the beauty in the world.  We had a wonderful meal with our Sweet on our way to a conference in Augusta.  We stuffed ourselves in the d...

My beautiful baby boy turns 22 today.  Gee wiz, I must be an old man.  Here Jake demonstrates the 60 lb. kettlebell we got him for his bir...

This stump, which is from a tree felled a couple of years ago, looks like it was painted black--pretty cool. But maybe it needs to be seen ...

Dreary weather, finally. We were blessed with some serious sunshine on this staycation. Now we can catch up on some reading, get our house...