Sifting The Trinkets and Treasures

January 16, 2012

I can’t understand why I am drawn to tiny trinkets. Miniature figurines, toys, beads, and buttons always fascinate me. Do they attract you? I can’t seem to throw them away, so I always just put them in a box in a drawer. No more! Now, I’m putting them out on display for my guests to [...]

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Scraps of Love

January 15, 2012

The afghan that is spread on my kitchen island in the morning sunlight is a special one. First of all, it’s for me, and I never rarely make anything for me. Second, it’s made from scraps of yarn. They call using scraps to make something new “upcycling” these days, but my grandmother would have called [...]

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You’d Be Crazy Not To Try This Cafe

January 7, 2012

Does a sack of flour make a big biscuit? I don’t know for sure because I haven’t tested that theory. I’m told that you really don’t want me to make biscuits for you — biscuits I have made are as hard as rocks and have been termed “lethal weapons.”I can say for sure that Loco [...]

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