It's Too Darn Hot Cole Porter was right. Why do we always forget about August in March? In the DMV…
So Much For Good Intentions Every winter, we look forward to grilling out on our deck - we have a…
Vintage Staycations Not the best year for travel literature. Imagine one hundred years from now people reading our quaint…
Life Goals I have a new goal: be in my 90s and tear around the countryside in my SUV…
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Summer Reading Progression The most painful obligatory summer reading list I have had to endure was the one sent to…
A Most Unusual Teacher for Cookie Decorating If you were not one of the lucky ones who took her cookie…
Oh, Father's Day In spite of the myth, I don't think my husband ever received a tie for Father's Day.…
Guerilla Gardening Roots I spent over fifteen years looking out my apartment windows over the shop at barren tree wells,…