Sparrow Tree Journal

I'll be so glad when this summer is over. It's been dreadfully hot, even by South Carolina standards. I seem to get less and less to...

So, we're still feeding the feral mama cat and two of her original four kittens that I wrote about previously.  The two little tabbies d...

July is here, and with it another (almost) record heat wave. It's not even cooling down very much at night. In fact, I think it just get...

Here are some of the scant handfuls of veggies I've managed to harvest from this year's struggling summer garden. Not pictured: a qu...

I got two extra days off work this week, today and tomorrow. It was quite unexpected; my contracted days for the 2025/26 school year were do...

  I stumbled across this funny anecdote on Threads the other day and wanted to share it with you for two reasons: first, because "White...

Last Friday was our 20th wedding anniversary! I had the day off thanks to my awesome summer schedule at work (short days and Fridays off). G...

I can't remember if I shared this picture on the blog already. This is a stray cat that's been hanging around our house for close to...