Sassafras Mama

Last year, I decided that I wanted to hear some different announcements at the back-to-school faculty meeting .  Today, as I head to the ann...

Greetings from the other side of Hurricane Irene.  We survived the storm quite nicely, though the power went out about 30 minutes after my l...

3:07 am Woke up.....heard town siren, but not a call for tornado (though there are tornadoes south of here).  Basement was dry at 1:05 but ...

So, yeah: Hurricane . We've stocked up on supplies. We've cleared off the back deck so that heavy things won't be thrown thro...

I lived in Tennessee in the early 1990s and like any semi-conscious person in the state, began to watch some women's basketball.  The st...

A few months ago, I noticed this sign, conveniently located near the train tracks that head south through my fair town. New Jersey has a lo...

At the Burpee Garden tour, we had the opportunity to see bunches and bunches of sunflowers, many of them new varietals that Burpee is develo...

For as long as I can remember, the Burpee Garden seed catalog has come to my home.  It's an inheritance from my dad, who loves himself ...

Each August, I acquire a new composition book to start the school year.  I use it for notes, ideas, and the endless lists I like to make.  I...

Today, a friend of mine referred to something as like "a picture of a leprechaun riding a unicorn."  I don't know about y'...