A decent drill press is a great thing to have in your shop. It might even be the one stationary machine I would choose to get first. Over...

Becky has been teaching Violet simple embroidery stitches these last six months or so. Her first project was three circles of different c...

Buster has been sleeping in a sleep sack we bought in the fall, but he is almost too big for it. Becky suggested making him a bigger one,...

My sister Annesly sent me a link this morning to a very funny article by Heather Havrilesky in the New York Times Magazine about readin...

Discontent I've been using an electric razor more or less exclusively for my whole shaving life, about 20 years. It stinks, and I wa...

Last weekend I racked the last two carboys of 2011 cider into kegs. This means all 100+ liters of my 2011 hard cider is now in stainless....

Last Sunday, Violet dug out a yellow dress from her closet which has a single strap on top that fastens around the neck and buttons in ba...

A few months ago we received a tin of fancy olive oil from Italy. One of Becky's friends got it as a holiday gift from some relative...

My mom sent us a Shiitake Mushroom Patch from Fungi Perfecti for xmas.

The whole family went to this show, at the Charles River Museum of Industry . This museum is small, but pretty cool. I had taken the girl...