Paradise ponders, toasty office edition...   My office woodstove is burning a nice chunk of black walnut, and the temperature in here is 74°...

Paradise ponders, frozen air edition...   This morning when I let the dogs out for their morning run the temperature was -4°F (that's ...

Paradise ponders, multitude of mooses edition...   Well, Debbie and I are finally having that less-than-harried day.  It feels really good! ...

Memories...   I'm sure that anyone who has ever grieved for someone they loved is well-acquainted with this phenomenon: seeing, hearing,...

Paradise ponders, the pseudo-down day edition...   Well, I was hoping for a day of lazy leisure today, after the craziness of the past week ...

Paradise ponders, the five-day break edition...   Most of my day yesterday and the day before consisted of fighting snow.  I plowed the dr...

Paradise ponders, driveway maintenance edition...   When yesterday dawned, we had up to 2" of ice on our driveway (1" in most plac...

How do “Little Hotties” work? My work outdoors this winter has been vastly more comfortable because of these magic little pouches called “ ...

Paradise ponders, slick driveway edition...   Conditions over the past 12 hours or so have conspired to produce the slickest icy driveway I...

Paradise ponders, snow and ice trauma edition...   We had quite the day yesterday.  I mentioned in a previous post that I intended to shov...

Salt-lick camera take...   Here's some photos from the last few days.  I've turned off the camera for now, as it's just staring ...