It's late summer at the Field Station. The apple trees are full of fruit for the first time in years. The blueberry bushes, nearly thirty of them, have been generous again this year. We pick what we can and share the rest with the robins and blue jays (who did none of the work but feel plenty entitled to the reward). The zucchini has reached the point in the season where I am no longer cooking it so much as redistributing it. Friends, lock your cars. Out front, I have been pl

Life is full right now. The day job(s), the renovation, family, the dog whose sweet but complicated nature requires daily attention, and everything in between. Some weeks the to-do list reads like a dare. It leaves little time for two very meaningful things in my life... photography, and work in the studio. I am avoiding the overwhelm by doing something shockingly simple. One small step every day towards my goals at Fieldwork. Lo and behold... small steps build momentum. Take

I thought I understood dog behavior. Turns out, I didn't know my own dog... Our dogs have mostly been couch potatoes. They've settled easily, and have instinctively known how to relax. Food and napping were their top priorities in life. A dog cookie would send them into a tailspin of pure canine joy rapidly followed by a long nap on the couch. You know the drill. Chesty Puller Fischer-McMorrow, our legendary sweet pug, was evidence of that (see the video - heart melt). Connoi