Growing, Writing, Creating

2017 is the Year of the Rooster and I had much to crow about! Getting the call I had fallen into a slump in 2015 when my former agent...

There are a couple of different version of chickens and dumplings that I know of. One has a biscuit-like topping (biscuit in the American se...

Tapioca pudding has long been a "thing." For whatever reason, the tapioca rounds have a very pleasant mouth-feel for me (and my ol...

I first got obsessed with making soaps about 10 years ago. Back then, the kids were younger (and cuter and sweeter, possibly...but I digress...

For some people, the fall garden signals a time of winding down, when they're done with growing and nearly done with harvesting. These...

Seems like every year I post about our pawpaw harvest, I get into the same conversations with my friends. They usually say they've not h...

A dear friend of ours, Carol, gave us a grape plant that she had an extra of. We had previously planted grapes but between the deer and poss...

Did I give you an ear worm? Sometimes falling in love with something takes a while. I'd seen this bowl that my dad had for several yea...

In the winter when there is no garden to tend to (and nothing to process and can, thank goodness!), I like to do other things, like make jew...