As I mentioned in the last post, a couple of pecan pies stood between me and the completion of my Thanksgiving obligations.  So, I stirred, stirred some more, added eggs, and practiced my most-artful pecan arranging. And now, I’m all ready.  I’m...

Okay, so last year right before Thanksgiving I wrote this.  And nothing much has changed.  Maybe I should be thankful for that too in that world events in the interim have been nothing if not challenging. Tonight I began working on my now famous ice...

“Why do we keep doing this?” That was the question one of my friends asked just as the last strains of the overwrought music ebbed away at the close of New Moon.  I have a feeling that we laughed a little more than the director intended during the...

When the most recent of my library notifications arrived, letting me know Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen waited patiently for me on the reserve shelf, I unknowingly added to my recent War of the Roses reading theme. I’ve read many of Gregory’s...

Got a shout out from the presenter in this morning’s “Web 2.0 tools in the classroom” session for tweeting something I learned during the session (and demonstrating the right way to attribute it to him!) Tried out the new sweet potato fries at...