The garden-fresh zucchini season is slowing down a bit in my neck of the woods. For those with zucchini plants, the idea of eating more zucchini — at this point in time —…
Drawers and containers
Most people pack their bags and suitcases rather tightly when they are preparing for Burning Man. So what happens when you get there? You open your suitcase or bin and…
This simple meal keeps me sustained. It’s my go-to meal/snack, morning, noon or night when I needed something quick, tasty and nutritious. Here’s the simplest version of what I make, and, as you…
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'm nearing 59 now, but when I was in my 20s, for some reason, I would think often on "adaptive clothing." I didn't have a name for what that type of clothing was…
Lighters and pens are the kind of things that are easy to hand to another person and never see again: the recipient (and new "owner") having no sense they walked off with your…
When a-searchin' for a product to purchase, any time I see a "best of" or review guide by a newspaper such as The New York Times or Chicago Tribune, I am 1) more…
If you're not yet on your local Buy Nothing Facebook Group, do consider joining.
The posts' focus are one of three options: GIFT, ASK and GRATITUDE, and the people who say they're going to…
Sometimes I wonder if my house would ever get straightened up if it were not for the occasional, and sometimes spontaneous, guest.
I swear I got more done (put away, straightened up, organized, slightly…
As I am wont to do, after camping and various other trips, I take some packing notes. What worked well? What would I do differently? What are some specific variables and conditions to…
I have a bench.
I have a view.
I have quiet.
I have the blessings of space and a mind that wishes to be explored as I write, write, write.
And I have -- as I noticed…
This!
This miraculous tube of relief.
This product brought forth from The Heavens (or maybe some pharmaceutical company's lab).
This little 3.5 fl oz. tube of thank-you-thank-you-thank-you!
cover me in goo …