Browsing the blog archives for April, 2008
It used to be that the last week of April meant the New Orleans Jazz Fest, but then Hurricane Katrina came along and ruined everything. My son has been to New Orleans on business several times since Katrina and he says it is still a mess, almost nothing has been cleared away and rebuilt. Just [...]
Part of my landscaping plans call for a fence in the backyard. I admit, my backyard is a total mess – it’s been neglected for a long time and it’s overgrown with saplings, poison ivy and mounds of unraked leaves and twigs. But I have made up my mind to clean it up this year [...]
For over 40 years I’ve been drinking all sorts of coffees. From the IHOPS and 7-Elevens to the Starbucks and the Peets and everything in between. I’ve used instant coffee. I’ve used percolators. I’ve expressed. I’ve dripped. I’ve fresh ground and I’ve store ground. At the moment I make my own coffee at home each [...]
My daughter hosts a play group at her home once a month for her daughter and 6 other little girls and their moms. It’s a great way for stay at home moms to have a social life that doesn’t require arranging for and paying for a babysitter. They take turns hosting the 3 hour event [...]
Back in the day, lawn ornaments consisted of concrete birdbaths, plastic pinwheels and a little painted concrete jockey dressed in his red and white silks. On the other side of the tracks you might find a yard with pink flamingos, a row of old tires painted white, and for some, a rusting heap of metal [...]