First, we have definitely not a flower. Ew. A very large pumpkin spider spun a web right outside the kitchen window. Every once in awhile I ...

Friday   Short version: Refried bean Frito pie Long version: I had a big can of black beans we got somewhere that I made into refried beans....

It's sometimes handy that I've been writing here for 18 (!) years. It allows me to read older posts and shake my head with amusement...

Today A. and I are celebrating 23 years of marriage. On this day 23 years ago, A. imitated Napolean. I guess that makes me Josephine. A. bro...

Friday   Short version: Omelet, leftover pasta and pesto, leftover baked beans and rice, carrot sticks Long version: I divvied out the pasta...

As we look at a weather forecast that features high temperatures in the mid-90s,* I have excavated all the beer salt out of the back of the ...

I saw something bright red on the driveway that I couldn't identify, and I had to pick it up to examine it pretty closely before I could...