Yesterday was very warm in the sun. Today is supposed to be warm in the sun. Overnight temperatures are falling into the teens. I wonder if we will get a heat wave this month, this does not quite qualify as such. Most Septembers that I can remember featured a short heat wave. The first year… Continue reading A Day Trip

Yesterday was quite a busy day for all occupants of Mist Cottage. Attila split firewood, further reducing the pile of ash logs in the back yard. The bark had fallen away over the course of a year, so that needed to be burned. The apple tree that had been pruned last fall provided a few… Continue reading Open Windows

In early August we decided that it was time to visit our traditional camp, which is a five hour and twenty minute drive from where we now live. It used to be around an hour drive from our country house, but no longer. The decision was made to wait until the first week in September… Continue reading The Traditional Camp

This morning arrived with a beautiful sunrise. The temperature was 10C, but the thermal mass of the landscape has not yet cooled, making for a very pleasant morning coffee on the back porch. This morning Attila picked more jalapeño peppers, diced them with some onion, which I transformed into a batch of canned Cowboy Candy.… Continue reading Rambling

I read an article by a journalist, in which they posited that modern parenting suffered from comparisons of self with influencers, that comparisons were toxic. The article also focused very heavily on comparing current parenting with past generations of parents, including my generation, indulging in the toxic approach of comparisons. The author seemed entirely unaware… Continue reading Keeping Up With The Joneses