Sassafras Mama

Evergreens are among the more vibrant outdoor color to be found in the winter and they are the theme for my porch in January.  While the ...

A few years ago, I made it a goal to have a front porch worthy of the cover of Country Living magazine.  Though the magazine's pho...

One of the the things that T and I have in common is an interest in canning and food preservation.  Earlier this summer, we made strawberry ...

The backstory: On Thursday evening, JT, T, and I were making plans for our Mega Millions lottery win (Update: we didn't win) and we agr...

In the first years after the break-up of my relationship with JT's other mom, I floundered and struggled to find and like myself; to fin...

One of the hazards of life for me has been the idea of uncertainty.  I'm not a pessimist, per se, but events of my past and my sadness a...

I've been putting off a final posting on my living room re-design because I'm not sure that the room is complete.  But while I consi...

 Black and white photos have always captured my interest.  When JT was born I set out to make black and white photos of him on a regular bas...

According to the calendar, summer isn't quite over.  But school starts next week.  This morning, JT and I head off for our last summer 2...

I've been steadily at work on my upstairs hallway project and the past week's labors were plenty rewarding, if sometimes exhausting...

More than two years ago, my friend Sharkbutt urged encouraged me to get started on fixing the upstairs hallway.  The stairwell and the hall...

 There is a room located just beyond French doors in the corner of my living room that we call the study because it has bookcases and was or...