Culinary April Fool’s Pranks, Japes and Larks

Have you ever played a food or beverage related April Fool’s prank? When I was about four or five years old, I did. It all went down like this. Even as a kid, I am told that I had a wicked sense of humor, and was apt to do things that were unexpected. The April […]

Weekend Book Blogging: Paperback Swap

I just found this website, which I am sure lots of you already know about, but hey, I didn’t, so I am going to share. There have to be plenty of other unaware folks out on the Internet besides myself. Anyway, it is an online book swap. What you do is register on the site, […]

This Week’s Sewing Project: Kat’s Patchwork Dress

This sweet little dress is probably the most complicated garment I have made in years. Which is sad, because it is really simple! I made it using this pattern–Little Charmers from Indygo Junction. As is usual, I changed it considerably from the way it was written. The pattern calls for much more fabric, and much […]

Another Sewing Project: Morganna’s Quilt

Here is a photo I wanted to post back in August, when I finished it, but I couldn’t because it was to be my big gift to Morganna for Generic Winter Holiday. (Considering we are a household that includes a Buddhist, an atheist, an agnostic and a Jew, and we are celebrating Hanuka, Yule, and […]

Feeding a Toddler During a Growth Spurt

. Kat has the most dramatic growth spurts I have ever seen. I didn’t have big growth spurts, exemplified by periods of eating like a horse and sleeping long hours, until I was a pre-teen and a teen. I remember the summer I was twelve, being so hungry at my Grandma’s farm, that I could […]

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