Thrift at Home

It's a strange feeling, being haunted by produce to preserve.  If I don't bow to its demands, it will go bad or split the refrigerat...

I recall my mother and aunts dumping cup after cup of white sugar in the pitcher as they made Kool Aid.  Jeepers.  I do put a little sugar i...

If you have grass-fed beef steaks in your freezer, or if you buy the cheap tough cuts of steak, or if you are nervous about making steak, I ...

There's nothing like sweet corn for a summer supper!  When I was a child, my mom would make sweet corn and slice tomatoes and that was i...

On the left is my pair of 10 year old Papillios by Birkenstock.  I got them to replace a pair of Birkenstocks that was stolen from my car ...

I just love waking up a house with fresh cinnamon rolls.  With few other household duties while I was on vacation, this was pure pleasure (w...

I didn't tax myself very hard to take pictures For the Record while I was at the beach.  But as I combed through the photos, I came acr...