Sassafras Mama

It's hot.  Hell-hot. Africa-hot. Hotter than a cat's ass (this is T's phrase and I rather like it).  The point is,  it's swe...

Adam Serwer at Mother Jones has a terrific article with a listing of the big changes that will come about thanks to the Affordable Care Act...

Yesterday, I got ready to write a post for today's Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, and I sat before my computer with qu...

Since January, I've written a monthly feature of T's words, some of which are made up . Others are words she uses in her own charmin...

The backstory:   Last week, JT and I were driving a rather winding road when a car made a left turn into the lane in front of me, causing me...

The daffodils, tulips, and iris are long gone.  The clematis is no longer news.  The zinnias aren't yet ready to produce bouquets for th...

On Wednesday afternoon, I took a stroll out to the garden to visit my growing produce and discovered that nearly all of my ripening apples a...

T and I had our first date at a place called Jockey Hollow .  The park, which is on the spine of the Watchung Mountains in New Jersey, was t...

 I trust I needn't say more.

Thanks to T's help, this year's garden was in the ground in mid-April.  But for the fact that I jumped the gun with the zinnia seeds...