Sassafras Mama

The backstory:   Yesterday, JT asked me how I felt about my upcoming birthday, when I will turn 47. Me:   Well, when I was your age, I ...

As predicted, one windy storm wiped out the rest of the leaves on the dogwood tree.  The last of them fell off the tree during the Nor’east...

I have to confess that I am absolutely enraged at the response of Governors Cuomo and Christie to America’s full-blown case of ebola panic....

The time change occurred over the weekend and for a few days it feels like I get to sleep in.  Better than that is the sunlight which now a...

There are several tall sycamore trees on my street.  Though none grow in my yard, the large leaves and strips of bark will make up several ...

The clock falls backward this weekend.  The extra hour of sleep will be most welcome and I have a plan to ease the darkness of the shorter ...

This week, I'm loving photos of pumpkins.  These are the last of the patch from Jockey Hollow's colonial garden.

Over the weekend, T and I made a trip to Jockey Hollow, the place where we had our first date.  Things are lovely there this time of year. ...

As predicted, it took just one windy storm to clear most of the red leaves off of the dogwood tree.  Now the morning view of my dogwood fro...

This past weekend, T and I made trip to one of our favorite places in New Jersey.  On the way home, we stopped by the madness that is a New...