As I shared last week, I have decided that I need to be a tourist in my own town  and this week, A.D., Ashley and I went to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY.  I had a blast and learned more about...

“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...

The prompt for this week on Journal 52 was a little distracting for me and I decided to go in a completely different direction than drawing real or imaginary creatures.  This is how it goes. I spent the...

Last night I completed my second ‘major’ public speaking event. When I took my promotion three years ago, I knew there would be a community education component, but I never anticipated I would be...

I felt a dearth of inspiration the other day and decided that I needed to refresh my list of podcasts.  I was becoming a little one-dimensional, well two, listening to Nerdist and HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast...

I will soon be the proud owner of a set of Wobble Bottom Glasses! I’ll start at the beginning in that I can often do something that others can’t:  buy my own Christmas presents and still be...

There is possibly nothing more comforting than a creamy chicken dish.  I don’t care if it’s chicken and biscuits, a hearty pot pie, chicken and rice soup, any variation makes me happy!  This creamy...

There is a much larger story surrounding my endeavor to make homemade tomato paste.  This story will be told at a later date.  Today, I will just share my triumph of will and patience that led to this culinary...