My DNA tingling, I couldn't let this week's Theme Thursday subject "castle" pass, without mentioning Sorbie Castle, my ancestral home. Although I've never visited, I feel a strong kinship with this place andit's at the very top of my bucket list....

If you like lemony chicken, you're gonna love this savory dish. It's delicious served with red potatoes, couscous or rice. And best of all, like almost all the dishes I make, it's quick and easy. Give this a whirl and let me know how you like it....

If you're in the mood for a dose of the mod-mod-mod 60's, then this is the movie for you. Blow-Up, 1966, inspired by Julio Cortázar's short story, Las Babas del Diablo, stars David Hemmings, (you remember him as Mordred in the film version of...

One of my favorite trees, here at the manor, is our huge old ginkgo. Ginkgo biloba, is a unique species of tree with no close living relatives. I adore their lovely, Asian fan-shaped leaves. The old popular name of "Maidenhair tree" is because the...

stele: also ste·la (stē'lə) pl. steles also ste·lae (-lē) An upright stone marker or slab with an inscribed or sculptured surface, used as a monument or as a commemorative tablet in the face of a building. Every year, I like to take at least...