The day I met Alex Hendrix, I was definitely the luckiest guy in the room. We were both barbeque judges at WhistleStop 2018, and as we sat down to eat and evaluate, Alex was one of three women in a room of perhaps five dozen people. And I got to sit by her. I learned … Read more
In preparation for our Termidor treatment, our pest control professional asked if I could take down a small Rubbermaid snap-together shed that we’ve had on the north side of the house for a number of years. Sure, no problem. When I took the back wall out yesterday, I noticed something behind it on the ground. … Read more
There was a front yard full—full—of pine trees at my childhood home. I can’t recall ever having one elsewhere. Now I have this one. This is a volunteer that was under a swing once upon a time. I’ve been looking after it since it was a wee sprout (which mostly means not hitting it with … Read more