Max and I at a St. Patty's day Parade With great-grandparents sporting the surname Murphy, I surely have a wee bit of the Irish bl...

Today we experienced a (very) minor earthquake. It was measured at 4.3 - pretty tiny compared to Japan. We weren't even sure what had h...

Hurrah! Spring is surely on its way as a flock of Canada Geese have settled into the flood plain of our creek. This is the earliest I'v...