This is a gift my husband brought me recently on his return from a long trip halfway around the world. Can you guess what it is?  Scroll d...

A long time ago in a land far, far away a Queen without servants would now and again feel the need for some celebration organization such as...

This is the view toward the deer gate. I can almost see my driveway disappearing beneath the forest leaves. Will I be able to find my way o...

It is that time of year when the river's bounty is providing us with seafood for enjoying during the cold winter months. My kitchen sme...

I found these hungry caterpillars munching on the parsley in the garden the other day and asked hubby about them. He said he had decided t...

She's back! (Doing laundry, weeding, going through a pile of snail mail and a bunch of electronic mail, washing and re-filling the humm...

It is oh so nice when one has company to have a fresh vegetable stand so close to the house! This Bok Choy or Pak Choi is at is peak wi...

Sorry, but this is not about what someone reading the title might be thinking. It is about changes in the American diet. (Well, guess tha...

Nothing like following up a post about losing weight with a post about food. But I actually used a Good Housekeeping recipe (instead of put...

Honoring my ongoing promise to myself to be more 'in the moment', I fixed a dinner of rosemary lamb chops, garlic and curry roast po...

"Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West." Author: William Wordsworth The husband has found ...

Hubby and I are heading into the city not to see the lights or go to a fancy holiday party...but to babysit, of course. This activity seems ...

Yesterday I made stuffing, washed and dried the turkey, made strawberry apple pie, printed out the thankfulness memory cards, cooked a chile...

Yesterday I went to a wine festival. I haven't attended one of these in a decade and discovered in my old age that my palate can get q...

The fact that my husband is again off to Hawaii means once again I can enjoy a free schedule and alone time. Thus I finished the apples a...

Hanna must have dumped a lot of rain and not much wind. We don't have a rain gauge, but this storm left far less damage and mess than...

My husband is off on a 'business' trip to Hawaii...something that is either winding down or winding up. Anyway, prior to his de...

1. This morning Hubby and I had a crab omelette which we made with two of the crabs we recently caught beneath the dock. This is a luxury...

Thoughts of appreciation to those who have given their lives for freedoms too precious to define on this Memorial Day. I am alone today as...