Barbara Stanwyck. I love her old black-and-white films ( Lady Eve , hi-larious!) She has a line in a movie that I can't remember the ti...

She worked in the city, and would travel home via the train. I used to watch her walk down the street to her house, which was next doo...

I was backing out of a parking space in a very small lot at a local market, when I noticed a distinguished looking elderly man waiting ...

If you've been reading this blog for awhile, you know that I used to work on an 18th century farm doing 18th century labor, where doing...

When we were much younger and more energetic, my husband and I would wake before dawn.  I'd make coffee, and he would pop on the album ...

"But why do we have color? It seems to serve no practical purpose--at least none that scientists can discern. And why are there photor...

As promised, here's another book from my pantry closet book shelf-- The Tasha Tudor Cookbook .  There's some marvelous recipes i...