Hah! Arrived home from this-ing and that-ing just in time to catch the tail end of my community's potluck gathering at the gazebo. Everyone had eaten their full, and I was encouraged to…
I swear: I was just doing a wee bit of grocery shopping.
But then all this other stuff happened.
I was at Whole Foods Friday afternoon, where--of late--I've been buying organic pork sausage on the…
Worth every minute of the labor to make this happen! From rusty and crusty to gorgeous and ready for cooking! Read up on the process, watched a video or two; made it happen.
In general, I'd rather ignore a TV show until it's played out, all seasons are done, rumors of a sequel have been squashed, and I can now binge-watch with wild abandon. That's just…
I spent much of the day at the two garden plots my mother and I share. She manages the plots and makes sure plants get planted at the right time, and I'm mostly…
I've seen a lot of dandelions in my life. Countless! I know a "normal" dandelion when I see one. I was weeding in a patch of tall lilies when I saw this monstrosity. This…
You know that horrible (horrible, horrible) taste when an avocado starts to turn? Yeah, the one where even a smidge of it mixed in with the rest of the avocado just ruins the…
I was digging in the back of one of my kitchen cupboards yesterday and moving some things around when my mind said, "I wonder what's in this paper bag?" I opened and saw…
I grew up--while not in open fields, farmland nor forests--in a fairly nature-based childhood nestled within the relatively safe confines of the suburbs. My childhood was predominantly in Columbia, Maryland, in the '70s,…
Anyone remember Faith Popcorn? My goodness, that woman and her BrainReserve team were sooooo spot on with sooooo many trend predictions. Near prescient!
Small luxuries ($4 cups of coffee) -- one of her predictions…
In one of my many adventures in the wonderful and wondrous Land of Burning Man, I found myself exhausted, far from "home" (camp) and deeply, desperately not wanting to have to walk all…
One of my Uber Chronicles stories.
Next up, I’m headed to an upscale restaurant in an upscale part of northern Baltimore City.
Here, the streets are all recently paved and marked…