I don’t know about you, but I love a good home tour. Not a show home, mind, but a real house, where real people live. I’ve found some great gems lately, and in an effort to get them all in … Continue reading →

I’ve been so absent here. There are lots of reasons. Lack of computer, being busy, rehabbing a house (see pic at the end of the post), homeschooling a boy, other changes. Everything good. Except for the computer…which, I have one … Continue reading →

This pizza, well, it’s sort of rocking my lunch routine in a very good way. We eat lunch at home nearly every day. Which is good. But, ruts are easy to get into. You know? Like, the sandwich rut, for … Continue reading →

Okay, y’all, this is the very sweetest thing on the internet this week and maybe even for the whole crazy year. Darling. I suggest you watch. I promise it’ll make your day.

I’ve been cooking some new recipes lately, and these are some recipes that I’ll want to remember. They’re good ones! The first one is this breakfast casserole from The Homesick Texan.  I’d wager that everything on her site is great, actually.  This breakfast … Continue reading →

Seven Stanzas at Easter  By John Updike Make no mistake: if He rose at all It was as His body; If the cell’s dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fall.   It … Continue reading →

This is a must read today. I really miss this song…we used to sing it at every baptism at the church we went to in St. Louis. The Lorica — attributed to St. Patrick I bind unto myself todaythe strong … Continue reading →

when one blogs about Daffodils. The thing about snow in Mississippi, though, is that it’s so rare that it’s always welcomed.   So, happy snow day to us! And, note to self, remember to stockpile butter before the next snowstorm. … Continue reading →

Yes, that exclamation point above is needed. This cookie is amazing and crazy easy. Yay for easy, right? In fact, the only real problem with this cookie is that it will be rapidly consumed. See that thumbs up? It’s for … Continue reading →

Today, I was looking at a couple of Mardi Gras mix tapes that some folks had posted online, and this song popped up on one of them. It’s Keely Smith and Louis Prima doing Birth of the Blues. Not a … Continue reading →