Sassafras Mama

The Easter Bunny fulfilled his yearly obligation by bringing us baskets with chocolate and pajamas, a Spring tradition that I love.  In the ...

Easter is the theme for this month and I am clearly ready for some Easter warmth, as I set out the decorations on the first of the month whe...

Easter is my most favorite cooking holiday and pandemic or not, I was ready.   There was ham, mac & cheese, potato casserole, S...

Usually, I set out each month’s porch decorations right on the 1st pf the month.   But this month, between the cold weather and my stay-at-...

This is my first Easter weekend without JT at home and I’ll miss his appreciation of his Easter basket (though I won’t miss the...

In addition to some chirping birds and watery morning sunlight, the Easter Bunny brought us some Easter baskets.   This one was a gift ...

The Easter Bunny still delivers candy at our house and so JT’s basket was set out last night and had plenty of treats come the morning.  T ...

Around here, mild Winters can sometimes result in a slow arriving Spring, as has been the case for the last few years.  A big snowstorm in ...

I must confess that I miss the Easter mornings that featured an excited little boy scurrying outside in his pajamas to collect plast...

I collected these hand-carved wooden bunnies when I lived in Nebraska.  As Easter approaches, I set them out and enjoy their company.  I...

I always forget the degree to which life goes insane just as spring takes off.  There is baseball and the start of end-of-the-year school e...

The evening before Easter and our annual backyard Easter egg candy hunt, JT made an effort to skip the hunt, by suggesting that the Easter B...