I wasn't always a fan of my mom's potato salad.  In fact, I wouldn't touch the stuff when I was a kid. Thing is, I don...

My grandfather grew up during the Great Depression. As you can imagine, during that time he learned some pretty thrifty habits, ones that...

I love every season but, oh, summer! I love the freedom of it and the simple joys that come along with the season. Simple joys like flowe...

Throughout my childhood, we had a clothesline. It was just out the back door of the house, right past the laundry room. In many ways, t...

One of my New Year's resolutions is to read more books. It feels weird to type that, because I've been a bookworm since I learne...

About six months ago, I chopped close to fifteen inches off my hair. Since I don't dye my hair and because I'd worn it up so muc...

This month marks the two-year anniversary of my husband and I becoming full-fledged beekeepers. I love telling people that I keep bees - ...

Years ago, I took a gardening class about flowerbed design and soon found out that my method of flowerbed design was all wrong. What was my...