Well, the staggering, oppressive heat, breathlessly stagnant air and endless weeks without rain no sooner got the best of me than I found my...

subtitled: Will Autumn Ever Get Here? Some days I can run myself ragged without moving from my desk. This is one of those days. It seems I...

Sometimes I think my husband is the most clever person I know. It seems we've had a tailgate grill forever - you know, the "fold-...

None of us want to trade our comfortable lifestyles for that of a half century ago but we are able …and knowing our abilities can be a sourc...

Without Breaking the Bank One of the worst things about being in distress, financial or otherwise, is that we reach a point where we feel li...

Well, this has been a summer of good intentions gone to pot. Never did buy my bushel of peaches. The second crop of cucumbers and 50% of t...

I'm right on the cusp of being a baby boomer, born two years too early, but I was none-the-less a war baby. Having been in advertising ...

and other lost items. Every once in a while, it seems that my life spirals totally out of control. The past two weeks or so have been in ju...

I'm so old.............. that I remember when the school supply list was only 5 items long and parents actually enjoyed the annual back-...

My daughter sent me a link to this adorable child's chair made of thrift store picture frames and a few lengths of 1"x 2". I ...

Sometimes I just need to forget about the weather, finances and my incredibly long 'to do' list and chill. When painting, reading a...

I found this link today and love it. If you're thinking about clearing the clutter, check it out. The concept of doing it backwards n...

I remembered a "thing" that I loved as a child. It was a simple streamer on a string that turned an ordinary afternoon into somet...

This Independence Day was the best, most meaningful and most fun gathering that I can remember in a very long time. I'm in the process ...

Several painting techniques are extremely easy for children. The potato print is one. We used a cookie cutter to establish our shape, sinki...

There is magic in a morning on my deck. Weary, wilted leaves from yesterdays' scorching heat are revived. The plants look healthy and h...