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It's been a nice peaceful morning. Long about 5pm yesterday, it started huffing and blowing out there. We finished our outdoor work around 7pm and came inside to enjoy sitting by the fire. We had wind gusts up to 40 mph, the galley quivered 'n shook, but stood firm and kept us warm 'n dry, for which we were very thankful. Today we ready for up to 8 guests. The cabins are very inviting with...

It's Somewhat cold today, but spring is approaching gradually. The season gets warmer, little by little There is the word 三寒四温（Sankansion）or "three cold days and four warm days" in Japan. Even if there are three cold days, four warm days will follow. the next. All the people in the snow country are waiting eagerly for spring without snow. Spring is also my favorite season. in...

We're expecting another foot of snow starting tomorrow night. Winter unofficially started here in southern Wisconsin on December 1. When I sent the chocolate lab out the door to take care of business after that first blizzard started to dwindle, the snow was up to his elbows on the front walk. The plow guy has been through here three different times in a week, I think it's going to be a VERY...

Yesterday was just a gorgeous, warm fall day here in the Missouri Ozarks, a perfect day for a...

Dear Readers, We’re at the peak of the cold and flu season right now, and if you feel like you’re encircled by an army of hostile viruses, it’s because you are. I’ve been inundated with your emails about what you should do or take to prevent falling ill. The single most important thing you can do to prevent colds and flu, believe it or not, is to wash your hands well and often. Now,...

Living in the northern part of the country, just about five hundred miles south of Canada, we have quite different markers for spring's arrival than, say, down in Texas or Alabama. Azaleas are nowhere to be found this time of year, except in a florist's shop. Instead, we celebrate the arrival of the first fat robin of spring pulling worms out of the front lawn. The first bluebird warbling...

It is a lovely, sunny and warm Florida summer day. My youngest is complaining loudly that he is bored. The constant whining of “Mom, there’s NOTHING to do!” echoes throughout the house. I try to ignore his cries and delve further into my novel. In the blink of an eye, I am falling backwards in time and land ever so gently on the hammock in my parents’ backyard, swaying slightly,...

All of us are vulnerable to an irresistible urge to eat a particularly fattening or unhealthy food. My particular downfall is a craving for sugar late in the afternoon when both my energy and spirits sag. According to one study, women are more susceptible to these urges than are men. But whatever your sex, at some point you’ll be tested. Having a strategy for coping is essential. Here are three...