The New Job

This is a story about learning something new by practicing an old tradition. The story starts with applesauce. Making applesauce was an annual summer tradition for my late mother, and her mother. There may have been yet another generation…
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Just Walk In

When it comes to domestic science--or arts, depending on how you like to regard these matters of home--my greatest achievement might be the reasonable management of expectations.  If you work a challenging career while managing your home on…
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Mr. Bear

Warm thanks to my friend, fellow Kentucky native and author Georgia Green Stamper, for sharing this grandmother's tale of deja vu and antics that repeat across generations. Last week, I tagged along with my youngest daughter, Georgeann, to…
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Antiques road show, family-style

For those targeted in the demographic as “mature” readers, there is a wealth of material everywhere you look these days replete with advice about disposing of your belongings, especially older items. Perusing this advice is not recommended…
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It’s Teen Time

When your birthdays push you past the half-century mark and beyond, there's something the great P. G. Wodehouse would have called a stone-dead cert:  You have a long list of things that mark the increasing acceleration of time.  Candles on…
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Points of Light from 2023

Farewell 2023, and good riddance.  In our generation, it is hard to recall a more heartbreaking, crisis-ridden 12 months.  The year-in-review news summaries are enough to turn the toughest stomach. Wars, weather crises, political turmoil,…
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The Sun’s Palm

The sun has no voice, surely, so I must have imagined that call.  It summoned me outside as it continued its ascent in the bright, early hours of the morning after Thanksgiving.  The striated rosy and berry pinks of dawn over the hill behind…
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On Sibling Bonds, and Remembering Jane

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I'm re-sharing a tribute to my beloved late sister, who left us 10 years ago this summer after a five-year battle against the disease.  Please remember the millions of women who still need our help…
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Heat Exhaustion

A Labor Day weekend survey of the garden is a such a dreary exercise. The petunias in the window box, big favorites of the hummingbirds and bees this summer, droop sadly in apparent surrender to the late-summer weather scourge. Their dry,…
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