What’s New
Rosemary & Thyme
If dark winter nights and cold winter days are getting you down, Rosemary & Thyme is a mystery series guaranteed to cheer you up. Starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris amateur sleuths Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, each episode is like a summer trip to the...
Long Winter: The Sequel
I didn’t expect last Tuesday to be my swan song. I bundled up and put on my Yak Tracks before venturing outside for another foggy, morning walk. Our little gravel road was spectacularly beautify. The hoarfrost, the thickest I’ve ever seen it, coated every branch,...
Skillet Spaghetti Carbonara
The day before Anne went back to college, I asked her what she’d like for dinner. Her answer was spaghetti carbonara. Since she wants to master some of her favorite recipes before getting married and moving away next summer, we made it together. The recipe comes from...
McFarthest Spot Spotted Again
One of my cousins recently sent me the above article about the McFarthest Spot, which was the subject of a post on this blog a few months ago. Mary found it in South Dakota Magazine. Since she lived in eastern South Dakota - Jasper, Brookings and Watertown before...
Beyond the Fog
I should be grateful for the warmer weather we’ve enjoyed for the last week and a half. It’s an improvement over the deep freeze we endured from Christmas and well into 2010. But Midwesterners have their weather equations down cold, including this one: A winter thaw +...
Greenwashed by Pampered Chef
I was listening to the radio a few days ago and heard the term “greenwashing” for the first time. As context of the radio story indicated, greenwashing is “the practice of companies disingenuously spinning their products and policies as environmentally friendly, such...