I spent much of yesterday in a hospital waiting room as a family member had surgery.  (Everything went fine.)  Periodically the desk staff ...

We were in St. Paul last weekend.   My husband couldn’t get enough of the potatoes at Mickey’s Dining Car.   If you saw the movie A Prairie ...

We were passing through central Wisconsin today and couldn't resist stopping at the Mousehouse in Windsor for a little cheese.  Notice ...

If you know me, even from my blog, you've probably figured out that I'm a fan of easy and, better yet, easy and inexpensive.  That...

It's a gorgeous cool day here in the Midwest.  A great day for baking.  I wanted to make a treat for a friend who is cleaning out her ga...

abbey ruins at Holyrood Palace When our family discovered fresh  shortbread in a cafe at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh several years ago,...

I really like Qdoba’s naked queso burritos.   The last time I was at Qdoba I realized how easy it would be to recreate this dish at home....

I grew up in the country outside Nashville.  My folks had a large garden where we grew corn, potatoes, green beans, October beans, lima be...

Can you tell he's been running? It was an atypically warm October day here today – in the high 70s – so we went for a prairie walk. ...

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?  I completed my second crochet class last night.  All the ladies agreed that the second ...

After making the Mackinaw hat ( http://sweetposydreams.blogspot.com/2011/09/finished-object.html ) a few weeks ago (which, by the way, is t...

Our daughter was home this morning, so I made her favorite cheese muffins for breakfast.  These are good warm from the oven, either pl...

I’m learning to crochet!   Why did I wait until now?  M y mother crocheted.  She made doilies, afghans, those granny square vests from the...

My basil plant has been giving me the evil eye for a couple of weeks.  We've had a dry September, and I've only remembered to water ...

A pair of slippers! No, I don't have a cool banana skin craft for you, but wouldn't banana slippers be great?  After thinking ...

A year or so ago, I saw an article in Country Living about making a bracelet from Shrinky Dinks.  (I saw it in the print version of the m...