Dear Neighbor,

I have missed you! My week didn't turn out exactly as I planned and instead of working on "the neighborhood" I had a dear friend come and visit me from the North. We have known each other for oh, thirty years, therefore it was a precious reunion.

We went to Atlanta for a little girl time. I wanted to go to the International Farmers Market. I have to tell you, it was soooo fun! There were more fruits and vegetables there, I couldn't…

Dear Neighbor,

I read the…

Dear Neighbor,

I had a rather depressing thought: Malena is likely my last puppy. If dog years are seven, dog commitment years are about fifteen. I will be a bit too old to take on another dog life committment in fifteen years, so she is probably the last puppy to come to live on our homestead. How time flies! How did I ever get this old? I still have so much to do!

Shaking that horrible," I am getting old" feeling, I made my coffee and started a batch of whole…