see ya there

ice ice baby

Cold smoked ice specially made for The Little Fleet in Traverse City.  Drop one in a whiskey or bloody Mary and get your smoke on.  Yes it works.

the return of Mama

Mama, one of my barn cats, spent the Summer away from the farm, but has returned more friendly and curious.  She doesn't run away when I feed her, and inhabits the cat condo with some of the other barn cats.  I hope one day she will let me pet her and get closer to her.  I have no mice whatsoever in the barn - she is doing her job.

A Happy New Year!

And now let us welcome the new year - full of things that have never been

- Rainer Maria Rilke

some 2014 resolutions for you

illustration by Mel Kadel

I made these for myself, but I think they apply to everyone:

1. travel somewhere you've never been
2. be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle -Plato
3. consume less and downsize - get rid of stuff
4. save your money
5. drink and eat less
6. explore/discover some new music
7. quit being so hard on yourself

winter farm

whose woods these are I think I know

-Robert Frost

snow sign

berry white

icicles on the rose trellis

Christmas present awesome

Big rubber rabbit head from Raquel