So what do I plan to do with these blazing beauties? Why, I plan to make the most awesome Hot Pepper Jelly courtesy of the ever-awesome Ball Complete Book Of Home Preserving! I didn’t grow Habanero...

Summer is blasting along at warp speed and with the scorching temperatures, come a crop of hot peppers.  Every year I tell myself I am going to make jalapeno poppers from scratch, and every year I don’t...

Ghouls are kind of sad.  Maybe I have too much empathy, but when you read about them in the Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, they seem nearly kindly and pitiful.  They are at the bottom of the food chain...

The discussion this week from Love Art, Happy Life is on being an artist and having confidence in yourself as an artist.  I feel like this is applicable to much more than art though, but since this has turned...

Each year, Corning, NY plays host to its own street festival in honor of its prime commodity:  glass.  This year marks the fifth iteration of GlassFest and while I haven’t attended in a couple of years...

I love board games!  I never thought I would be a board gamer and spent most of my life actively avoiding situations in which board games would be involved.  I did have a brief stint with Magic in my early...

“Seriously, are you making more pickles!?!”  That was the question asked this morning when A.D. saw the crock on the kitchen counter and the mason jars in a neat line. “I am not making more...

This week’s inspiration comes from the work of Beatriz Milhazes, a Brazilian artist born in 1960.  Her work is characterized by strong shapes from nature and bright colors. She is associated most highly...