Thrift at Home

The Lanyard by Billy Collins The other day I was ricocheting slowly off the blue walls of this room, moving as if underwater from typ...

For Mother's Day, my sister and I put together an evening party for our mother (which included an aunt, cousin, and my in-laws). That ...

I like to read cookbooks, so I knew that there was a recipe called "Oven Pancake" in Simply in Season , but it didn't seem tha...

This sweet dress was just too loose at Genevieve's skinny little middle. I discussed it my experienced friend Rebecca and on her advi...

This is what I make when I want to get laundry on the line, take a shower, start a batch of bread, go to market and get the kids out the doo...

Genevieve got some bites on her legs occasionally this spring. We looked at them and looked around, but didn't see anything, so we went...

For one of my book clubs, I recently read (most of) When Everything Changed by Gail Collins. Fascinating history. It reinforces why my mot...