Yesterday was an amazing day of wildlife sightings. First, as I was driving out to work, five deer crossed my driveway in front of me. Of course, I was late to work and had not planned to sit in my driveway at a dead stop while they decided whether or not it was safe to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Country-living’
A wild time in the country…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Country-living on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The luxuries of the country
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Country-living on December 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
[I apologize for being so long between posts, but the honest truth is that a) the end of the semester is here, which means extra work and papers for my two classes, and b) because I'm either locked up in the language lab doing extra work or chained to my computer at home writing papers [...]
The Dichotomy of Drought
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Country-living, drought on November 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
There’s no doubt about it, Georgia is in the grips of a devastating drought. When you see it on the news, and translated into inches-below-average rainfall measurements, it can seem rather distant and unimpressive. But on a human level, we’ve seen job loss on an individual basis, well-established nursery businesses filing bankruptcy, property values decline, [...]
The comfort an old tractor brings
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged country, Country-living, tractor on November 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
On my way into the big city every morning, I drive through some of the most beautiful rural countryside in Fayette County, and as time progresses, I watch more and more of it disappear.
No, land doesn’t actually disappear. In fact, as Gerald O’Hara states in that epic of romantic Southern fiction, Gone With the Wind, [...]
I’m a Pepper-Jelly Profiteer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged canning, Country-living, gardening on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, middle Georgia got it’s first frost of the season, when the temperatures dipped down to the high-20’s and all the plants shuddered and drooped in the chill. This was my first experience with the seasonal urgency to get in as much produce from the garden as possible before the sun set. [...]
Wanna snake-wrangle by the light of the moon?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abby, Country-living, Tony on October 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
No, it’s not a euphemism for something your mom told you not to do before marriage.
Unfortunately.
It’s what you sometimes get to do when you live in the country. Tonight, at about 11pm, Tony and I were walking Abby for the last time before going to bed, as we always do. Abby was sniffing at [...]
