Sassafras Mama

I’ve an enduring fondness for all things English.   Set your novel in the English countryside and I can just about guarantee that I wil...

The first warm days of the season find me impatient to be outside, as if this time is fleeting and I need to soak up the easy days...

When I moved into Sassafras House, there were large and established rhododendrons on either side of the porch.   Last year, the rh...

Time is flying past and I am just a few days from being the parent of a high school graduate who is excited to run off to college and s...

May came on like gangbusters and my backyard turned green and quickly filled with lush leaves and grass.   I’m an early ris...

The flowerbed on the edge of my driveway at the east side of my house gets morning sun, but is otherwise in the shade.   For y...

Posting has been light for the last few weeks.   I’ve been busy, as the school year always is in May.   There has been splendid weather...

A few weeks back, I put zinnia seeds in the ground and dug the holes for the tomatoes I would shortly plant.   To get ready for th...

I teach U.S. History to 7th graders.   My course starts with the settlement at Jamestown and aims to close out at the Emancipation...

We’ve reached the point of Spring where verdant, lush green is everywhere.   All over town, dogwood trees are transitioning from f...