by Louisa Swann | Aug 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
In some ways, it’s hard to believe almost a year has gone by since Jim was training for Ironman Lake Tahoe. In other ways, it’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since he was training. Yesterday, he went back in the water for the first time since...
by Louisa Swann | Aug 2, 2016 | Country Living, Featured, gardening, New Books
I always dread being gone for too long when the greenhouse is going full bore. I never know what I’ll come back to. It only takes a few days before the growth reaches the point where maintenance requires more hours than I can give. This time I was gone for five...
by Louisa Swann | Jul 25, 2016 | Country Living, Featured, gardening, New Books, Stories
This is Fred. Charlie’s cousin. Charlie appeared in last week’s post, but was too busy to pose this week, so Fred stepped in. Working in the greenhouse this past weekend gave me time to reflect on writing (surprise, surprise :). Growing a garden, whether...
by Louisa Swann | Jul 19, 2016 | Country Living
No such thing as coincidence. Recent experience put the lie to that statement (an experience that has nothing to do with the critter to the left :). Mechanicals and I tend to live in awe of each other. I look at something mechanical and think, “Awesome!”...
by Louisa Swann | Jul 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Brandon had the chance to use a friend’s 3-D printer (in exchange for fixing it :). Ran through several test runs, but finally came up with something identifiable — a blob! (Working off the illustration he’s created for “Jelly’s...