Sassafras Mama

I first read Stephen Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage , the story of Meriweather Lewis and the Corps of Discovery expedition to the west, in the...

Things are coming along nicely and I’ve a feeling that February is going to be a big month for my amaryllis. That’s happy!

On Inauguration morning, in the last few hours that we had a reasonable and thoughtful president in the White House, I ranted at an NPR rep...

I regularly run on an elliptical at my gym and supplement that workout with some modest weight-lifting but for years I’ve longed for a gym ...

We’re in the midst of January Nor’easter storm.  This one brought rain and wind, instead of Winter’s customary snow.  The amaryllis sits pa...

In my world, January is the month when Winter really takes hold.  The front porch decorations of the month echo Winter’s stark stillness.  ...

The backstory:   Friday’s swearing in coincided directly with Middle School lunch and so we opted not to watch the festivities.  In history...

For all of my life, I have paid attention to presidential inaugurations.  A minimum, I’ve found time to hear the president’s speech.  At ma...

It snowed on Saturday and the six hours of smelling wrestlers in the gym exhausted T and me.  After the grappling, we sought naps, not more...

This week, as we march toward the inauguration of a man who is wholly unsuitable to be the executive of our nation, the amaryllis is a remi...