I’ve been told repeatedly that if you and your partner can decide on what constitutes a ‘clean room’ you can get through anything. Ben...

Banana bread is amazing. It’s splendid. It’s homey. How could you not like it? Unless you are allergic to bananas I suppose, which if...

Ben is hard at work studying from his first day of class. He’s holed up in our room, door closed picking the recesses of...

My farmer, soon to be “pre-nursing student” has moved in. After two and a half years and something shiny on my hand – we...

It’s cold here in Seattle. Frigid is more like it. One of the many blessings about this side of Washington in the mild, temperate...

A couple of weeks ago I got together with my cousin Lexi to help her make her Christmas gifts for her friends. On our...