Sassafras Mama

I somehow had myself persuaded that the arrival of March would mean that Winter would begin to release its frozen hold on our lives.  Alas,...

Come January, I’ve a habit of noting the sunrise and sunset times on my calendar each week.  I do this so that every time I glance at the c...

When I lived in Nebraska, folks used to joke that the season that follows Winter was Mud, not Spring.  This week, which featured snow on Tu...

T likes to joke that she is skilled in the Midwestern arts, meaning that she can wield a hammer and a screwdriver (indeed, she owns these t...

JT started preschool at our school the year he was 3.  Yesterday, he turned 14.  That’s a lot of time at one school and some of his classma...

JT turns 14 today.  As usual, when he tucked into bed last night, he reviewed the fact that when he wakes up he will  be 14.  Much lik...

My first action when planning the front porch in February was to remove the snowman flag, which cheerfully invited Winter to bring on the s...

This Winter's ample snow days inspired me to get to work on some homemade Valentines.  They were fun to make and send, a reminder that...

Years ago, I had a lovely amaryllis that I planted just after Christmas.  I placed it in a southern facing window in my house in Nebraska a...

A nor’easter blew in over night and when I got up this morning, 5 inches of new snow had fallen.   It’s been coming down at an inch an hour...