Dick & I happily represented our Community Credit Union at the northend community harvest festival at the end of June. The number of tables is growing, offering home-baking, jams, jellies and produce as well as crafts and opportunities such as kid’s camp.

As it was raining, we were in the gym though [...]

She’s been on welfare. Tara says that right up front in an interview on youtube. (Link on right). Titles of the work in her new book give you some idea of what she’s been through: Past Hope, Sadness, I Didn’t Count On This, Hunger, Love Is Like Death, This Yearning, There’s A Funeral [...]

My new book answers the question: “What if your closet kept track of the stains, tears and problems with all your outfits and whisked them away when you took them off, returning them washed, ironed, pressed, refurbished and generally tended to, grouping them with accessories as well as pantihose (if you wear it) and [...]

My husband discovered Heinz baked beans with real maply syrup. They are now a staple of his diet. He doesn’t want no name. They gotta be Heinz. He says it’s a taste thing. The bean shelf, as probably on all market shelves the world over, is a long one. I wouldn’t take the [...]

This is the dear woman who has been trying to walk me through the inexplicable problems with Google (!) There seems to be no tech department for problem solving. Yesterday google would no longer allow me to use my old e-mail address with them. The transmission in our car seems to have [...]

(Look under GROCERY ADVENTURES in categories section, right side, to see more of this sort of thing). This is a picture of my cart holding a 2 lb pot roast, 6 Saturday papers (bulky) 2 fat tomatoes, 2 large jars polish pickles, organic bananas (I know, I know, but there IS a difference [...]

My front garden at the end of April is above

Just over a month later, it looks like this! Yes, I know how it works but if ever there was proof of magic in the world – here it is. All those whistles and skyrockets, buried underground, just waiting. Who wouldn’t want to find [...]

Going to taste-test the strawberry difference, if any, between organic and not. It actually is noticeable in bananas and I’ve been buying organic ever since. But that’s the only thing. Once I noticed the difference in carrots but not significant enough.

This guy was wearing a grocery appropriate shirt which [...]

Parking lots, like other institutions, have their own culture. Densely-packed, they’ve become the focus of urban legend: lurkers with scented knock-out drops to overpower and attack women, sob stories destined to prey on your vulnerability, a new location for the urban horror story.
Forgotten here are the watchers Every parking lot has [...]