Sassafras Mama

My dwarf fruit trees will have their first significant harvest next fall.  Together, the trees set on more than two dozen apples and one pea...

JT has a pair of sunglasses that he keeps outside for use as the need arrises.  He's tucked them on a branch underneath a part of the gr...

I'm just not sure what to make of this picture. It turned up on a local Chinese takeout menu and must certainly be someone's attempt...

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...

The backstory:   We headed over to VW yesterday to: 1. get our new license plates and 2. get someone there to program the radio so that we c...

It's not just any friend to whom I can proclaim to the internet: your husband left his skivvies at my house.  But I am prepared to say t...

JT and I play all sorts of card games……Phase 10, Skip Bo, Monopoly Deal…..no matter the game, there is one truism: I get shellacked.  And on...

The backstory:   My friends C and N are visiting from the prairie and we've been talking, laughing, and generally catching up.  JT is ar...

We went to the beach yesterday.  JT tried his hand at the waves. Then he relaxed.  When I looked at these pictures, all I could think was...

My mother gave me this serving dish a few years ago; it came from her grandmother, and we don't know much about the origins of the bowl....