Just now, as I was out on the porch retrieving the half-cup of coffee I'd left there earlier, I heard--then saw--a large deer approaching our lot. Then, to my surprise, there was another movement and the tiniest fawn came running full-tilt up behind, then ahead of, mom, followed by its less assertive twin. Mom looked both ways before crossing the ( Read more... )

In our little, tiny town, you have to go to the Town Hall to register to vote for the Mayor and City Council members. Your U.S. voter registration isn't any good. You have to go down and sign, not one but, TWO voter registration BOOKS! We did this in time to vote in Saturday's hotly contested Mayoral and Council election. Here are the results ( Read more... )

We had a really nice weekend. In thinking about it, I realized that our life here really does represent a shift in how we are in the world.
One of the most psychologically wearying things about living in the Big City was the feeling that there was always something there wasn't enough time for (pls pardon the sentence structure--it's early).  I don't ( Read more... )

Today is our first really, truly snowy day in our new home. It has been snowing steadily since late this morning and there's about 2 inches on the ground now. We opted not to drive in to DC today, even though there's no snow forecast for that far west. We didn't want to deal with the roads freezing this evening ( Read more... )

 
Last night was the strangest one yet at Maison Milton. We got home early--relatively speaking--from our workday in the big city. It was about 6:30 and already dark. It was bitter cold, about 25 degrees F already and promising to dip down into the teens overnight. The dog did NOT want to go out to pee, it was that cold.

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