February is about the ugliest month to visit a Kentucky farm. Especially a couple of weeks after a record-breaking ice storm dropped branches, limbs, and trees all over creation. We picked up sticks and hauled logs and made piles…and visited with aunts and uncles and cousins. That’s what we do down there. I guess that’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
Keeping the House Warm
Posted in Farm, tagged Appalachia, coal, Family, Farm, Kentucky on March 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A Little Creativity, a Lot of Maintenance
Posted in Domestic, tagged AA, energy, Family, furnace, home, maintenance on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our gas bills have just about buried us since we moved into this old house. We’ve done everything we know to do within our budget to get energy efficient, but still…very high bills in the winter. Last week, the motor on one of our furnaces blew up, and the furnace guy who came to fix [...]
Not Well Defended
Posted in Family, tagged Christmas, Family, third place on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe it’s from eating so many cookies. Or maybe it’s because the days are short and busy and cold and I’m not exercising much other than walking Murphy. Or maybe it’s because my Christmas season always seems rushed and shortened because I travel to my parents’ home several days before Christmas. But I feel sluggish [...]
When in Doubt, Go with the Person
Posted in Family, Politics, tagged Family, gay marriage, religion on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You’re probably wondering how my parents handle my being gay. I have to give them a huge gold star for it… I know no other parents or families as accepting and as supportive as mine.
They had to know before I “told” them, didn’t they? I mean, all I ever wanted for Christmas was camouflage and [...]
