Scary Moments in Parenting

by | Jan 14, 2013 | General

There are those moments in parenting that bring you right to the edge of heart failure. I had one of those the other night. First, a little setup. Liz and I have been working, with the help of one of our neighbors, to restore an old John Deere manure spreader for use...

by | Jan 9, 2013 | Asides

I love Textile. I love the simplicity of its markup. But I just can’t afford to use it in my web design anymore, not at the cost breaking absolutely everything just because it can’t play nice with other plugins.
The Coil

The Coil

by | Jan 9, 2013 | Stories

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series The Clockwork DesolationThe encampment is little more than a desiccated husk. What remains of the few tents still standing are tatters of canvas flapping from poles bent and twisted by some cataclysmic event. Much of the ground...

by | Jan 9, 2013 | Asides

We’re on a warming trend here in the Midwest. It’s 38 degrees right now, and after the last several weeks, this feels like a welcome reprieve. As a farming family, we know that the cold and snow is necessary (to kill off bugs and cause certain...