Lynn, You recently wrote you were short on shop tips, so here’s something I’ve found usefull.

For our last trip to France, Liz and I decided to spend the whole of our time in Paris. We stayed in an apartment on the sixth floor of a classic Haussmannera building in the 1st arrondissement, close to the magnificent church of St. Eustache. We wanted to experience the day-to-day life of the city rather than that of a typical tourist, constantly on the move from one city or re...

The old husband and wife partnership has worked a lifetime on this farm, caring for their four acres of orchard, the 4 two-acre fields of legume pasture and hay, and these two acres of poultry operation. They hold title to 20 acres that feels to them as a very large outdoor garden, house, and sanctuary. In the beginning, (their beginning), they cared, with thoughtful vigor, for ...

The spector of delay hovers over any frequent traveler. Who doesn’t shudder at the thought of languishing in an airport - or worse, on a runway - for hours at a time, or of creeping along a highway through a construction zone in the boxy embrace of big rigs? On a recent two-week trip to points west and north of my home in south-central Indiana, I experienced several of the inevi...

Spring has finally arrived in the northwest. There was one day that the sun came out. The swallows returned and started building nests in the barn. Even the daffodils bloomed. After the coldest spring in memory, we thought that winter had finally receded. But a pall settled down on Small Blessings Farm for our great draft horse, Snip, died.