Sassafras Mama

A few hours into our visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, T and I realized that our view of the Civil War is shaped by the fact that neither ...

Over the weekend, T and I took a ride to see the Gettysburg Battlefields in Pennsylvania.  I’ve been to plenty of Civil War battlefields in...

The backstory: T and I went to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to check out the battlefields and brush up on our Civil War history.  While there,...

Weekends typically find T and I making a visit to Home Deport for the ingredients of the weekend’s project du jour.  We enjoy Home Depot an...

For Christmas, T gave me a birdhouse.  I rather dithered about where it should be hung before settling on a hook alongside the garage i...

I made chicken tacos for Sunday afternoon’s early supper.  I’ve been making tacos in my kitchen for more than 20 years and the familiar...

At work, my colleague T mentioned a scone recipe that sounded delicious.  I promptly made a batch of my own and then I was off and running...

Once upon a time, the transition from the school year to summer was a difficult thing for me.  I’d feel out of sorts with all that unsc...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve surely heard that the Polar Vortex is back in the middle of the nation this week, bringing c...

Real Life Conversations with JT: Professional Attire edition The backstory: One day last week JT came to school with me to help with su...