Sassafras Mama

After a crazy weekend of snow and ice, I'm surprised that more of the dogwood's leaves are not on the deck, creating an icy mess. A...

We awakened to beautiful sun today, though my front sidewalk was an icy mess. The trees in my yard fared just fine, though the same cannot ...

I'm not really sure what else to say about this, the first snowstorm of the year.  It's a nor'easter in October (!) and the snow...

The other day, fed up with the phrase "you guys" I tweeted that the next time I hear that phrase I'm going to throw a punch.  ...

On Monday, after enduring five years of discomfort, I finally made the jump and consented to having my last wisdom tooth removed.  The first...

The backstory:   When we visit our California relations, JT and I avail ourselves of their fancy ice and water dispensing refrigerators.  We...

The backstory: I was trying to find a corporate web site for a corn dog company who used to sell corn dogs in the midwest, and T had some t...

Cold evenings and mornings seem to have arrived to stay; I've even broken down and turned on the furnace.  Pesky is busy getting ready f...

Last year, I made an effort at frying up some corn dogs and it ended in dismal failure, with corn batter everywhere (though not on the hot d...

Longtime readers will recall that this blog regularly features postings about my flooded basement.  There was this time .  And this .  And l...