Sassafras Mama

I am growing weary of claims by unvaccinated people that vaccine mandates are a limit on their freedom.   Freedom is such a tricky concept a...

Last week I earnestly explained to T that January is nice because it’s almost Spring.   She looked at me as if I had lost my last ...

I think we can all agree that this uneven blind had.to.go.

Last week, I had cause to open a new bag of flour when I saw this warning. What? Seriously...what? Has it really come to th...

My backyard is awash in volumes of poison ivy.   I know what it looks like and I take care.   Not always perfect care, because eve...

I first needed help for my eyes when I was in my early 20s.   For a while, glasses for night time driving or while watchi...

The backstory:   On occasion, I document that strange things people in New Jersey do and say.   I  call this happy feature “Today ...

The backstory:   It’s about time that I document that strange things people in New Jersey do and say.   We’ll call this happy feat...

Schefflura plants grow quickly and mine seems to be the dictionary example of that truth.   I got it two years ago from my secret sourc...

And I’ve been feeling a bit guilty about that.   It isn’t that I don’t have anything to say.   Far from it……but I damaged a key ty...

Last Saturday, I realized that my intermittent Internet outage problem had become more outage than not.   That day, T called Optim...

Last weekend, T and I went to Sunset Diner, as one does when one lives in New Jersey.   My previous calls for public soundtracks t...

Without fail, this point in February finds me staring at my calendar wondering when I can reasonably abandon the wearing of Winter tigh...

On Christmas Day, the corn pudding I was baking for our supper overflowed in the oven.   T helped me scramble and supper was serve...

I make it a point to be polite and patient in commercial encounters.   It makes life nicer for all of us and it costs nothing to b...

Me:   I should buy a new wallet; one that is nice and will last a long time. And so, after a lengthy search of more than three...

On our trip to the burning region of New York state , T and I stopped at a rest stop in Pennsylvania.   It was a vending machine wonder...

The Backstory: Potholes in New Jersey are a perpetual and serious problem.   In the last two years, both T and I have made expens...

It starts slowly, so slowly that I never quite see it coming.   Instead of ironing all my clothes for the week on Sunday evening, ...

I already posted this photo to Instagram, but seriously, it is well-worth another round here because every single time I see the picture, I...