Gardening along the creek...

We celebrate this holiday world-wide, and the most famous tradition is the dropping of the ball in Times Square. This tradition began over 1...

The celebration of a new year has been around for about 4,000 years. Babylonians celebrated the new year during an 11 day feast beginning wi...

I love blueberries, but...there's a catch. I love blueberries so much that I bought a few plants last spring and plan to buy more this u...

"Christmas is celebration and celebration is instinct in the heart. With gift and feast, with red ribbon and fresh green bough, with th...

I like Christmas Carols, and can even remember when it was safe to go around various neighborhoods singing carols. However I must admit, I a...

I finally made it into town today to pick up a prescription, and found the town looking a lot different after our big snow. Wish I had taken...

Yesterday was the Winter Solstice , the shortest day and longest night of the full year it takes our lovely blue planet to complete one orbi...

The day was overcast so the photo isn't very bright, but this is the picture from my front porch yesterday. They did finally get our roa...

Since I decided to post notes on religious holidays in December, I have paid more attention to stories online about religion. The recent Pew...

As predicted, we had a snowstorm yesterday... heavy and persistent snow. I'd say we got about 15" total, and the roads are a mess. ...

The major weather news in the US for today and tomorrow looks like the big snowstorm forecast for the mid-Atlantic and northeast states. Tha...

The ox tails cooked down nicely! I chilled them overnight, removed the fat layer from the top, and pulled the meat off the bones. Since it h...

When I decided to write about some of the religious holidays in December, it was mainly because I don't really know much about religions...

Ox tails used to be common in the butcher shops, and often were the fare of a poor man's dinner despite being very tasty. Think braised ...

Imagine tearing open that large present under the Christmas tree with your name on it and finding inside... a fire extinguisher. Or a foldab...

December brings many different religious celebrations, some familiar and some not. If we are to survive globally, we should have a respect f...

A New York Times analysis of federal data for the last 5 years on drinking water reveals that the water provided to more than 49 million Am...

I knew I should have taken my camera yesterday when I went to North Carolina! On the way home, I saw 2 things that made me laugh and would h...

I've mentioned several times that I am researching (and documenting) one family line in my heritage, with the intention of writing both ...