The Kittalog

Many months ago I bought a Groupon-type deal for karting at Unser Racing , a new indoor track on the north side of Denver. Neither of us had...

There's a lot of lawn in our yard that I would like to hold flowers and vegetables instead. But boy, digging up sod is hard work! Lucy s...

A month ago we went to dinner in Arvada with some friends who suggested Udi's in Old Town. The appetizers were forgettable, the Old Fash...

My friends came for brunch today and I made nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice) from the May/June issue of Cook's Illustrated. I'll ...

At 6:30 a.m. it was still dark enough under this juniper that I needed a flash to illuminate the swarm. It was also a little chilly. Easy-pe...

First the construction workers told me about a swarm around the corner. I went and looked at it, came back to get my gear, and in those few ...

Furry Scurry!

Custom oak pet gate on spring-loaded hinges installed today.

Long-suffering Lucy is on the DL again.

My friend and former cow-orker Deb left her exciting desk job in favor of urban homesteading. I stopped by last Sunday to see how she is pro...

I've been in this house since 2007 and every spring, the tulips surprise me. I didn't plant them, and they always seem to be a littl...

Why dye eggs when you can get such pretty natural ones from backyard chickens? But OK, a lot of folks will have a surfeit of dyed eggs after...

The Sergeant loves to reference the French 75 as the icon of a dissipated and bygone era – the drink that F. Scott Fitzgerald preferred in P...

I ordered a couple of "toys" from Photojojo.com : a fish-eye lens and a macro/wide-angle lens for my cellphone camera. The lenses ...

Swarm season is nearly upon us. The earliest I've seen a swarm in previous years was May 3, but that doesn't mean there aren't a...