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Woke up to another cool beautiful morning -- only 45° so far, overcast and slightly breezy.  Slept like a rock on drugs last night, had a nice soak in the hot tub with Kimmers, and then we headed out…

Happy day --- yard stuff happening right outside my window!  The heat and drought of the past few years -- not to mention an only partially-functioning drip system discovered late last summer -- has …

Wow, beyond depressed today.  I've been trying to analyze it all morning, and as far as I can discern I've most likely just hit the wall after two years of pain and six weeks of KILLER pain.  Everyth…

Hump Day.  Middle of the week means same as beginning or end these days.  Beautiful morning, time for a walk as soon as I get to the bottom of my coffee mug.  I have days, weeks and months' worth of …

I've been working for a week on a piece for public consumption that isn't coming together, for whatever reasons.  At this point I'm frustrated and discouraged, two feelings I abhor.  So maybe it's ti…

During a recent nursery visit to replace trees and plants lost to the western Kansas drought and heat, the greenhouse owner snapped off a king-sized rose bloom and handed it to me, and magically, as …

If your birth year falls anywhere near mine, you probably heard your parents say at least once, “Shut the door, were you raised in a barn?”  Grown-ups saw it as a clever way to grab a child’s attenti…

It's a Thursday afternoon.  Three PM.  Isn't there something pressing I should be concerned with?  Some deadline that awaits my attention?  A task that requires my immediate and dedicated time and en…