Thrift at Home

Last weekend, I was talking to a blogger friend who has also drifted into silence on his blog, and we agreed that we missed writing and then...

Here I am, now a homeschooler! Thanks, COVID. I mean that both sarcastically and sincerely. I am homeschooling Phoebe and she is a dear litt...

I've been wanting wide-leg pants for a while, but I loathe pants shopping. I knew I would sew some wide-leg pants eventually, but I was ...

We are fine. We are coping.  My silence on the blog is just due to underlying pandemic stress sapping my energy (amen?). Due to some peo...

Monday: baked Boston blue fish using Aunt Maggie's recipe; lemony mashed potatoes (recipe below); green salad; oatmeal jam bars made wit...

I do not have swaths of time for projects.  If anything, I have more editing than usual, and now my people are home all the time, so I can...

I used to have a little foam mat that I would grab to kneel on as I reached into my garden beds in spring when the ground is typically muddy...