I was chatting with a friend the other day who was afraid they have "long COVID" and, based on her symptoms and her doctor's opinion, it's probably the case. We talked at length about the similarities between my own symptoms living with mastocytosis and hers, as well as the recommended treatments, and marveled at how …
Fair warning: this isn't a recipe post. This is a post about comfort food and what it means to me, and maybe to you, too. Not that I don't have some great recipes to share, but most of my favorite dishes are made using different things each time, depending on what I have available, and …
We get to witness the social hierarchy at work here in real time every single day. Our pack of huskies has a pecking order, and the flocks of chickens, ducks and pheasant do, too. Even the wild birds at the bird feeders have one, and naturally it favors the larger, bossier birds like the starlings …
Since I can't run away to the woods, I'm trying to stay positive and spent the morning looking for the little things that always seem to cheer me up and give me a needed mental health boost. Things like the sound of new life peeping and scuttling about in the incubator. I counted seven baby …
We were at our son's house last summer for a barbecue when I noticed the repeating bird's nests in the rafters above his deck. I'd never seen so many nests built so close together! He hadn't been paying close attention so he didn't see who'd built them and wasn't even sure how long they'd been …
Empty Nest Homesteading 