Sassafras Mama

I love summer squash.  Once the green season arrives, I'd eat zucchini nearly every day (a good thing, since it grows at that pace).  My...

For the past week, JT has had a case of hives every day.  Memorably, if not happily, on one day he got hives twice.  They always respond to ...

As of this morning, all of the tulips in the front yard have bloomed.  My fall bulb planting tends to be disorganized ---- I buy a variety o...

When I lived in Nashville, virtually every house in the neighborhoods I loved best had a few peony bushes in the yard.  In late May when the...

One of the best parts of spring in my neck of the woods is the profusion of lilacs in my neighborhood.  Nearly every house on the block has ...

The backstory: I teach at a college prep school and that means that I am in the business of preparing students to succeed at college.  Amon...

I wore a pair of my favorite shoes today and walking past me in the hall a colleague said, "Those look comfortable. Are they special ne...

 Tiger enjoys tucking under the sheets when I am changing the beds.  Sometimes he hides completely, thus rendering me unable to make the bed...

I feel it's promising that I got the tulip photos posted on time this week.  It is most likely merely the illusion of control, but I...

In keeping with the theme of the week, I'm behind on this posting, which I usually try to make on the 15th of each month.  On the other ...