Successful Culinary Weekend

I’m late getting my post up this week because I had a wonderful weekend.  I have two food related items to post today. The first is a thank you to my cousin, Leah, for posting this recipe to Facebook.  She was absolutely right.  This recipe for biscuits is amazing!  I have probably had better, but […]

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Science of Knitting

As those of you who know me, or who read me on any kind of regular basis know, my professional training is in science.  So when faced with a problem, in this case, my less than enthusiastic feeling for my last knitting project, my immediate approach to figuring out what went wrong, is to experiment. […]

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The Problem with Knitting

The problem with knitting, for me anyway, is that it is a cold weather activity.  I never think of starting a knitting project until after it begins to get cold (not cool, cold).  And since, I start most knitting projects by spinning the wool, and I am not a particularly fast knitter, I never finish […]

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It’s that time again…

It’s spring break here, and for me that means that my children and my husband are both home for an entire week.  That’s a really good thing for my garden, but first, unfinished business!  Last summer we received from a Freecycler, a porch swing.  The fabric was the worse for wear, but the frame was […]

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