The Last Cordwainer

 The hiatus is over. It's been a few (or five) years since I've posted anything. It's about time I get back to the challenge of ...

Remember as a kid and your parents put you in a car, said you were going to X, and it would be great once you got there? And you always want...

15 weeks away, or 3.75 months from now... 15 Friday paychecks away. Or 8 bi-weekly paychecks or 7 twice-a-month paychecks away. In othe...

People that hurt others, on purpose, emotionally or otherwise, are not family.

"Let me die first or I will die twice." That's basically how I feel about my husband, should he die before me. Although he ...

This morning I remarked to my husband, 'Can we just put chipotle, vanilla, coffee, and cinnamon randomly around the house? Maybe with a ...

Now, I know 'Whole30' and 'crackers' do not usually go together in the same sentence. But if you've been reading thi...

You've seen it at your local grocers or in your weekly ad: Butter on sale! Only $3.99 a pound! Down from $4.50...such a bargain! ...

I hoard butter. Seriously, I do. At any given time, I have between 15-20 pounds of it in my freezer. Cheese? Yeah, not as crazy but I st...

When I was a wee lassie, I remember my mother making this incredible cake with the best frosting. I knew it had carrots in it, but could...

Croutons are just multi-purpose little pieces of fabulous. Being soup season, we go through croutons a lot. Who doesn't love a nice, ...