A week from now, the hoopla will be over (for the most part). I have always left my patriotic up until Labor Day anyway but, this year espec...

...and counting. Or not. Fourteen days until our country's sesquicentennial. Like everything else these days, it seems to have snuck up ...

...and after the flood came the blizzard.   We are no strangers to cold or snow here in Nod, but this last storm, the weekend before last, w...

  {Adaptation of one of the designs in the Primitive Trio of Hearts Reproduction Motif Pillow Tucks"  pattern by Jenny Hoffman ("C...

  {The first full moon of 2026: A rare "Wolf" supermoon. It was very overcast here in Nod but it still lit up the night. Believe i...