Category Archives: Country Livin’

What Cows Think (illustration by Brett Hyland)

I have some very talented artist friends in an art group called “Night of the Radish”.  Every couple of months, we meet and share something we’ve created based on a common theme.  Last night’s theme was “cows”. Coincidently, I’d already written one essay about coming face-to-face with a cow and another about the Running ofContinue reading “What Cows Think (illustration by Brett Hyland)”

Vacuuming Firewood

My dad smoked three packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day. Ashtrays were filled with squashed butts, walls were yellowed and everything smelled like smoke. Newspapers were kept in stacks for months, not because we recycled, but because they might serve some purpose in the future. He did the same with anything and everything plastic. MargarineContinue reading “Vacuuming Firewood”

Floating

I have a pool in my back yard. I love having a pool in my back yard. I feel very fortunate to have it. It is nothing fancy – not one of those new pools with waterfalls, and stone walls and Vegas-style statues. There is no cabana, no outdoor pizza oven, no movie screen. ItContinue reading “Floating”

Rubber Boots

Rubber boots are all the rage right now.  I love rubber boots.  They remind me of jumping in puddles and trekking through creeks and other messy fun.  I don’t have the pencil thin calves required to pull off the Fashionista look, but as soon as I realized they were in, I was desperate to getContinue reading “Rubber Boots”