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A Glance Back – The Livin’ is Easy!
One of my favorite songs has to be that jazzy “ballad” from Porgy and Bess, “Summertime” by George Gershwin. That was the perfect song for this past week at our house. Lots of sun, heat, but it was also a time of realizing that for us in the North Country this will probably be the…
Puppy Love/Airedale!
The Airedale is the largest of all terriers and was originally bred to hunt water otters. The breed was developed from the black-and-tan terrier and the otter hound and takes its name from the area where it originated – the River Aire region in Yorkshire, England. I’ve never had the privilege of personally knowing an…
CHINCHILLA
Wild Word Friday! The word CHINCHILLA refers, of course, to a little rodent, about fifteen inches in length when full grown, which in the past was valued for its lovely pale-gray fur. CHINCHILLA also refers to cloth made for overcoats out of wool and cotton. This type of cloth has a tufted and napped surface…
Your Life & Mine: Pumpkin Pie!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! I can’t say that pumpkin is my favorite kind of pie, but it’s up there in the top 5 — maybe after cherry, blueberry, raspberry, and apple. Of course, for Thanksgiving and Christmas I absolutely adore it. Years ago I found a great recipe in one of those lovely community cookbooks that includes…
Nov. 2014 Book Winner!
Congratulations to Mary Cahill, our November 2014 Book Winner! Mary, I’ll be sending a copy of STEALING THE PREACHER by Karen Witemeyer to you ASAP, Mary! Here’s Mary’s reply to our question to be entered in the drawing. (Have you ever been a passenger on a train?) Mary told us that riding the train was…
A Glance Back – The Livin’ is Easy!
One of my favorite songs has to be that jazzy “ballad” from Porgy and Bess, “Summertime” by George Gershwin. That was the perfect song for this past week at our house. Lots of sun, heat, but it was also a time of realizing that for us in the North Country this will probably be the…
Puppy Love/Airedale!
The Airedale is the largest of all terriers and was originally bred to hunt water otters. The breed was developed from the black-and-tan terrier and the otter hound and takes its name from the area where it originated – the River Aire region in Yorkshire, England. I’ve never had the privilege of personally knowing an…
CHINCHILLA
Wild Word Friday! The word CHINCHILLA refers, of course, to a little rodent, about fifteen inches in length when full grown, which in the past was valued for its lovely pale-gray fur. CHINCHILLA also refers to cloth made for overcoats out of wool and cotton. This type of cloth has a tufted and napped surface…
Your Life & Mine: Pumpkin Pie!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! I can’t say that pumpkin is my favorite kind of pie, but it’s up there in the top 5 — maybe after cherry, blueberry, raspberry, and apple. Of course, for Thanksgiving and Christmas I absolutely adore it. Years ago I found a great recipe in one of those lovely community cookbooks that includes…
Nov. 2014 Book Winner!
Congratulations to Mary Cahill, our November 2014 Book Winner! Mary, I’ll be sending a copy of STEALING THE PREACHER by Karen Witemeyer to you ASAP, Mary! Here’s Mary’s reply to our question to be entered in the drawing. (Have you ever been a passenger on a train?) Mary told us that riding the train was…
A Glance Back – The Livin’ is Easy!
One of my favorite songs has to be that jazzy “ballad” from Porgy and Bess, “Summertime” by George Gershwin. That was the perfect song for this past week at our house. Lots of sun, heat, but it was also a time of realizing that for us in the North Country this will probably be the…
Puppy Love/Airedale!
The Airedale is the largest of all terriers and was originally bred to hunt water otters. The breed was developed from the black-and-tan terrier and the otter hound and takes its name from the area where it originated – the River Aire region in Yorkshire, England. I’ve never had the privilege of personally knowing an…
CHINCHILLA
Wild Word Friday! The word CHINCHILLA refers, of course, to a little rodent, about fifteen inches in length when full grown, which in the past was valued for its lovely pale-gray fur. CHINCHILLA also refers to cloth made for overcoats out of wool and cotton. This type of cloth has a tufted and napped surface…
Your Life & Mine: Pumpkin Pie!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! I can’t say that pumpkin is my favorite kind of pie, but it’s up there in the top 5 — maybe after cherry, blueberry, raspberry, and apple. Of course, for Thanksgiving and Christmas I absolutely adore it. Years ago I found a great recipe in one of those lovely community cookbooks that includes…
Nov. 2014 Book Winner!
Congratulations to Mary Cahill, our November 2014 Book Winner! Mary, I’ll be sending a copy of STEALING THE PREACHER by Karen Witemeyer to you ASAP, Mary! Here’s Mary’s reply to our question to be entered in the drawing. (Have you ever been a passenger on a train?) Mary told us that riding the train was…