Snow in April is common where I live.  Spring birds begin to return, singing to the sun.   A constant drip from eves of the house signa...

Scapes.  Misunderstood and underutilized.  The flowering parts of garlic that, due to thousands of years of domestication, never really ...

“Any fire?”   My husband shouted from the basement.   I peeked over the chair I was hiding behind. “No.   No fire.”   “Try turning it on...

Running errands with a friend, we came across a wire display of Paint-By-Numbers in the kid section of the art supply store.   We could...

Some of you may know, I contribute to a beer blog called Chicks that Dig Beer.   Last week I created a Caramel Ale Ice Cream that is abs...

The week after the New Year holds mixed feelings.  Taking down the Christmas tree, hauling the carefully wrapped ornaments back to the atti...

One of the side effects of being a person compelled to do everything is mind altering loss of sleep.   I spend much of the night obsessing o...