Out On Bittersweet Not much is new out on Bittersweet. Since we don’t have any oaks, the last of the trees to lose it’s leaves are the Walnuts, but early in August a few walnut leaves will yellow and waft down from high overhead. I noticed this the year Hope America and Tim married in […]
Sunlight in the Woods
Across the road south of the house is a woods wrapped over a hill. Every morning I pull back the curtain and look out my window into that woods. Some mornings in winter it looks like an army of brown pencils standing sentinel. For a few mornings in spring it is carpeted with Trillium or […]
Cobbler on the Porch | Bittersweet Farm Journal | July 16, 2023
Cobbler on the Porch At the risk of leaving you with the false impression that my life is perfect I need to give you a report on today. It’s the Lord’s Day and the sky was blue all day out on Bittersweet Farm and all over the whole Mitten State today. Yesterday was the exact […]
Mowing and Praying
Mowing and Praying on Bittersweet Farm This evening I had an idea while I was mowing. There is a little place in the east yard I associate with Hannah. When I mow beyond the cluster of Maples in the side yard I think of the winter day Dale hopelessly mired his truck there. It’s been […]
Gathering Sticks
So the grandchildren came over last week. Grandma leaves surprizes around the house for when they come over and they know it. They greet us and they the scour the places they know the little prizes are hidden and pilfer around. They all go home with a little something, a doll, binoculars, a cash register, […]
Schedule Regular Celebration | Bittersweet Farm Journal | April 10, 2023
Saturday night I picked out my clothing for Resurrection Sunday morning. Blue suit. A bright white shirt with crisp collar and cuffs. Freshly-shined boots. A bright hand-tied bow tie, the reversible one with lime-green and purple, blue and pink stripes. (I know it sounds like a clown costume but it really is pretty sharp […]