Akin family

It was a very late night (story later) and it will be a long day with laundry, general Monday housework, garden, canning and (hopefully) bee...

I like to make baby blankets for my babies.  I don't have any grandchildren yet, but I DO have a grand total of 6 great-nieces and nephe...

I have a needlework project I have been working on for *ahem* months (hint: it's more than 12.  Sorry, Alayna!). Mr. Marvelous finally...

Totals for July coming next week Truth or Consequences.  I grew up on that show.  It was Bob Barker pre-Price Is Right.  Back in the da...

Sounds like an episode from a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, doesn't it?  Trust me, I felt as though I were IN the Calvin and Hobbes s...

My Dad's parents were exceptional people.  And any of my cousins will give me an AMEN to that! Every morning and every evening they jo...

OK folks, I have a TON of canning to do today.  Mr. Marvelous usually asks me how many pounds that is and I have to confess that it is not a...

I have mentioned before that this year's weather has been unusual.  Last year we had an uncommonly early spring and by late May/early Ju...

The space program. The history and science of the nuclear program. White dessert sands. Stargazing. These are just some of the thing...