The past couple weeks, I have been dog-sitting at my youngest daughter's home while she is working in another state. This week, my...

"The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play. So we sat in the house, all that cold, cold wet day." ~Theodor Seuss Geisel Dr. Suess,...

Pete enjoys sportsball and watches the Superbowl every year. I am normally not a huge sportsball fan... frankly, in my world, most...

By now I'm sure you've heard me talk about the creative things other people make. All the everyday creativity that surrounds me keeps me...

Most of my life I felt dumb... because even though I am reasonably intelligent, numbers are not my friend. I transpose numbers and have...

So, I live a pretty routine existence... I get up in the mornings and have my coffee on my stationary bike. While riding, I usually post...

I find it interesting what we do to cope with grief. And we all experience grief at some time in our lives... in diverse situations......

Have you ever known some fact about something you do, yet can't recall how you learned it? How frustrating! The moy bog gown has been my...

I don't know about these cats of mine. Whatever hierarchical social structure cat families have, I wonder, if just like in the play CATS,...

Every year my regional SCA group, the Kingdom of Calontir, hosts a large Kris Kinder Market. A jolly time for holiday shopping, meeting...

Several years ago we had too many bugs around and in our house. We had boxelder bugs and ladybugs and seed beetles... well... bugs......

In days past, you may have heard me talk about my mirror. Since I frequently think about it, you just may have. On the other hand, you...

A couple of weeks ago I stood in a thrift shop holding a 1930s-era cloche hat. The black velvet crown seemed in good condition, though it...

**Trigger Warning (animal lovers)** I've written about our farm before... we have a small cow-calf operation on 20 acres... December two...

Yep, it's that time of year... cleaning up, trimming, and repotting those plants that need it... all these past couple weeks... depending...

This week I was looking forward to having all sorts of free time. I had the farm all to myself. Pete went on a fishing trip with his son...

Pete and I recently went to a western-themed wedding. The happy couple asked guests to dress in their best western wear. So we donned our...

With the change of the seasons, from summer to autumn, my head starts to explode with new creative ideas! I want to make all the things...

When I started weaving ribbons, a.k.a. narrow wares, many folks I knew told me that card weaving was better. Or that "inkle" weaving was...

A few months ago, the microwave in my kitchen broke. I decided to use the built-in space for my cookbooks and put the microwave...