It is a day to remember. Six hundred grafted Riesling Vines in the ground, with drip irrigation working. The potted plants are looking...

Winter is over, and Summer is here. It was hot out there this week planting grapes. We have about 200 planted, and 400 to go! It is hard...

Today, late in the day, 600 grape vines were delivered. We have been working like crazy to get everything ready and we made it. I am...

It is tax time, my least favorite time of year, but a time that cannot be avoided. The Federal tax code is over 5 million words and it...

We enjoyed the Easter weekend sailing Tampa bay. It is surprisingly large, over 400 square miles and is rich with marine life—we...

We attended a concert Sunday afternoon that was truly pleasurable. But while I sat there listening I could not help reflecting on the...

The hardest thing for me as a writer is to make that final edit and call it done. The fourteen books of the Runner Series are all...

What a winter it has been in California! (Sorry to the rest of the world where this kind of thing is normal). We were still cleaning up...

Last night, I ordered 120 posts and two miles of 14 gauge wire. It should arrive today, and I will begin the process of planting a...

I saw a news report last night describing the scope of the chemical disaster that resulted from the train derailment in New Palestine,...

Watching the news all week about the horrible effects of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria got me thinking. I have witnessed plenty of...