After a nice mid-morning snack of leftover pot roast, I found I still had a little over a cup of meat left with no more veggies.  Never wanting to waste, I decided to use the meat in a beef and barley soup...

Here’s a quick and simple tute on how to hem a pant and keep the original hem intact.  This comes in handy when you buy a pair of jeans or other pants and want to keep the ‘factory edge’ and...

The initial step for the project, in my mind anyway, is to create the face.  The lore of the Necronomicon is that it is bound and written on human skin, so clearly that is out.  Next best thing, DIY paper...

Every year, like clockwork, I end up battling beetles.  They are the literal scourge of my weeping pussy willow and cherry trees as well as my beautiful roses.  I tend to blame the former occupants of our home...

This past year my last living grandparent moved on and it was the first time I took an active role in the sorting of a life.  I guess it is a rite of passage in some ways, as it makes you feel different...

The podcast du jour is The Sporkful, an audio feast for the ears. Dan Pashman hosts the show that purports to discuss, debate and obsess over ridiculous food minutiae in search of new and better ways to eat...

The last time we traveled together, we left off with the American side of the Soo.  The next morning we awoke bright and early and headed to Canada.  It was a relatively easy border crossing and we made our...

Welcome back!  I hope you had time to check out some of the previous podcasts and tutorials on how to get started if you were one of the many who have no idea what I was talking about with the term...