Tryna figure out if a message someone sent me really happened or if I dreamed it. So many tools, platforms and options to consider. Was it an email message I read? Or one on…

Some articles I write flow. Others, erg, don't. Yet deadlines loom and publications need to go press (legit, this article on my plate is for a print newspaper), and so I go on. *** In looking for…

Ever one to dive into a rabbit hole, l've been pursuing, more diligently of late, a hobby--a thing, a something I like to do, and that is the making of balms and salves,…

I love this time of year. To me, it's Broth-for-Breakfast, Broth-for-Lunch, Broth-for-a-Snack, Broth-for-a-Late-Night-Somethin' Season! It's time for broth! Broth Broth Broth! I write this post as one who feels fairly confident in making broth. Maybe not your…

If you've watched The Mandalorian (and I hope you have), there are so many sweet moments between Mando/Din and Grogu.   S1, E4, Mando has Grogu in his ship and says to…

This year's make-it-happen pumpkin, complements of my mom's (Eileen's) amazing creativity and cleverness. One over-large zucchini from the garden. Ears and nose tip, by way of a large jalapeño pepper from the garden. Eyes, dried cloves. Tongue,…

Don't you just love a good citizen patrol? Especially when one involves urban-dwelling dogs, (the Ratscallions) and their owners as they take their dogs rat hunting in particularly invested areas in NW DC,…

I started hearing about/reading about shrubs a couple-few years ago. These are a pre-canning, pre-refrigeration way of "putting up" excess fruits (and some vegetables) from the farm or garden, mostly by way of…

Holy smokes! I made it to 60, but almost not 60 and one day!   I made a dry rub for a piece of pork shoulder butt I'm cooking. The rub called…

You know how you sometimes find something -- a meme, a joke, a video ... something -- that makes you laugh. And then it makes you laugh even harder and more when you…

There is a tiny lone ant, way up high on my ceiling right now. Doing its thing. Looking. Sensing.  Exploring. It's not going to find anything up there. Nor do I need to…

I love the intense summer storms of Maryland. When I was a kid, we had a front-porch swing. I could sit outside -- and often did -- as the storm's intensity surged, the thunder…