"Non, je ne regrette rien" As I am writing this morning and listening to the songs of the "little sparrow" - Edith Piaf - my mind starts drifting back over my life. Can't think of a better place to reflect on life's 'regrets' than Turkey Hollow. With Spring encroa...

"Close only counts in horseshoes" goes the old country saying. Given this winter's constant and endless    brutality here in these hills, spring seems so close yet so far away. Starting about a week ago we ended up having another unpredicted storm with 16 inches of snow ove...

Without a great deal of warning, winter hit hard again this week in Turkey Hollow. The forecasts called for a light dusting of snow. We should have known better. By morning we had five inches and the end of the day saw a good seven inches of snow and brutal cold. When I woke this morning the wind ch...

Up here in the hills in the middle of a particularly brutal winter, my friends often ask "why in the hell are you living in such a frontier environment?" The snow, ice, well below zero temperatures, closed roads and often power failures do not exactly constitute the tropical atmosphere of ...

This winter has been harsh and brutal with heavy snow and frigid temperatures. Yet, in some sense the weather has been an escape. The white landscape has allowed us some refuge from what increasingly is becoming hard times for almost everyone. The "economic slowdown" has now become a "...

The citizens of Turkey Hollow (along with most of the rest of the nation) have been in the grip of a bitter cold wave. As I sit here with hot chocolate in the early evening writing, it is already -2 degrees below zero. Now I am telling you that is cold. If I open the door it is like walking into a i...

New Year's morning in Turkey Hollow this year is damn cold. The wind chill is -21 degrees right now and I have no idea how the deer survive in this bitter-to-the-bone cold. Even little Furball (photo) this morning seemed to be shaking. Huge crows, so big they are right out of Hitchcock'...

Well, for many of us, the Christmas season is basically over. My Jewish friends have to light more candles for Hanukah and those celebrating Kwanzaa continue with their joyful and colorful traditions. For me, the holiday music starts to wind down, the tree becomes less about an ornamental display an...

The season is clearly upon us up here in Turkey Hollow. Steven has left for California to spend the holidays with his family before heading to work for Mothers2Mothers in South Africa for a year. The business and political calls are dying down as people head to their own homes and vacations. Everyon...

Decided today to have some fun and share facts about me that you might not know. We go through life with a family of friends - even close ones - assuming we know all about them. Over time, we discover strange little aspects about them. Sometimes the revelations can be shocking, but mostly we just re...