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11 Nov 2009
Fair warning: I'm cranking up my leaf blower these days, and it's going to break the rural sound barrier.
11 Nov 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
14 Oct 2009
There I was, about to click the one-stop-shopping button for a 5-pound tub of Spike seasoning when a disembodied voice I'd neglected called out, "Why don't you just go outside?"
14 Oct 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
9 Sep 2009
With the Station Fire in the background, my youngest daughter was attending her first student-only dorm meeting as a college freshman.
9 Sep 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
12 Aug 2009
With all of its twists and turns, our road offers plenty of bucolic views—and blind spots.
12 Aug 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
24 Jun 2009
The bright signs appeared the third week in April, proclaiming "strawberries" in shiny red letters, a matching big arrow pointing up the road, our road.
24 Jun 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
20 May 2009
The dogs thought it was a game; the cats wanted breakfast. The raccoon knew better: It was life-and-death.
20 May 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
13 May 2009
You could probably just toss a few German Johnsons out the kitchen window and come back in 72 days to a thriving green and red mountain of homegrown tomatoes.
13 May 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
22 Apr 2009
Weather, seasons, daylight, nighttime, frosts. I mean, think about it.
22 Apr 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
15 Apr 2009
Running the lines is exhilarating. I'm about as close as I can be to the game.
15 Apr 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
18 Mar 2009
18 Feb 2009
Pecking-order politics: A man knows when not to interfere.
18 Feb 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
14 Jan 2009
There was December, a total crazy quilt of deadlines and wondrous events. Here is January, a tabula rasa of opportunity stretching into the unknown.
14 Jan 2009
(Columns: Front Porch)
24 Dec 2008
It is a curious and unique experience to sit in the stands as a parent at a Quaker athletic competition.
24 Dec 2008
(Columns: Front Porch)
19 Nov 2008
Winter will be a piece of cake, no matter what: Spring blooms two months early in 2009.
19 Nov 2008
(Columns: Front Porch)
22 Oct 2008
1 Oct 2008
We eat on senior-citizen time, arriving early everywhere.
1 Oct 2008
(Columns: Front Porch)
27 Aug 2008
Bring them home at twilight so they can get a good night's sleep. When the sun rises and they wake up, "Whoa, what's for breakfast?" They spent that first day clucking and digging, digging and clucking.
27 Aug 2008
(Columns: Front Porch)
6 Aug 2008
Everyone you meet in China under the age of 25 knows some of your language.
6 Aug 2008
(Columns: Front Porch)
9 Jul 2008
Territorial cardinals; the nobility of lifeguarding; family beach trips
9 Jul 2008
(Columns: Front Porch)
18 Jun 2008
On a taxi ride from the airport, a man on his hands and knees with a pallet of concrete was building the road we were riding on.
18 Jun 2008
(Columns: Front Porch)
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