• Back at it

    We just got home last night after 12 marvelous days away in the BVI sailing with the Young clan. Other than a slightly finicky onboard generator, the time afloat was essentially flawless. I still have Kelsey Young’s good natured (and slightly naughty in the best sense of the word) cackle burned into my auditory memory…

  • All aboard…

    Phew! We just got through the craziness that was the Christmas weekend and with the exception of Maxy fighting off a minor viral bug (knocking on wood) he picked up from his cousins, it seems we the humans of CCNF are all unscathed and happy. Wish I could say the same was true at all…

  • This and that…

    1. Why was it 41 degrees outside this morning? Leaving aside the fact that it would be nice to go skiing sometime soon, this is getting to be a tad bit bizarre. It says here that amongst the ranks of global climate change deniers you will not find too many farmers or people whose lives…

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Hope everyone has a good time today wherever you may be! We’re headed off to Jen’s folks’ place in East Barnard, VT, about a 45 minute drive from here to eat and hang with her extended family. Have scalloped potatoes, can travel. While I truly am into the reflective and gratitude giving nature of the…