Do You Watch Your Words?

Most peoples' use of the dictionary falls somewhere between not having taken its price tag off and having more than one. Where are you on the usage scale?...

Do You Find Convenience Inconvenient?

Modern technology is meant to simplify our lives, but is your life simpler in the kitchen?...

Do You Look Good In Pink?

Fashion styles come and go and some come back again. Are you in fashion or are you in orage?...

Aggravation and Adventure in the Garden

In our first try at gardening we were naive enough to think "plant it and it will grow", well, that bubble was burst rather quickly....

Wood Stove Heating and No Frozen Pipes!

We've been heating our home with a wood stove for quite a few years now, but every year I'm told that I'd better get a propane heater for supplimental heat "cause your pipes are gonna freeze". Well, they never have, sub zero temperatures and a cold wood stove in the morning and I still have running water - must be clean living or dumb luck, however you want to look at it....

Miscellaneous Musings About Manure

Black gold, excrement par excellence, castings from the worm gods? yea, I dress it up and call it anything but what it really is, since I'm using it in my garden and my lawn and to burn/rot out tree stumps. For a waste product it sure has a lot of uses....

Coveting Thy Brother-in-Laws Tractor

Is there any sweeter sight or sound than seeing the green and yellow of a John Deere and then hearing it roar to life at 4:00 in the morning? Friends say I'm "so weird" and I've conceded that point a long time ago, but, I still want that tractor....

What Does Your Name Say About You?

Why we are named what we are runs the gamut from being a namesake to having an invented name. However, most of our names fall somewhere in the middle. What does your name say about you?...

Who Put The OK In Cook?

How I got from kitchen-challenged to Gourmet Magazine recipes in spite of myself and in less than a decade of embarrasing experiences. ...

What Happens When Mother Nature Mixes Black and White?

Are you a victim of gray days? Do you frequently wish that Mother Nature didn't have black and white on her palette and couldn't paint days gray?...