Decadent Philistines Save the World

We had a simple supper of bread and soup tonight... nothing big (soup from the store that was an impulse buy). My mini baguettes were hasti...

HRH decided that 4:30 or so (it was too early to actually read the clock) was a good time to get up.  We both tried to get her back to sleep...

I just got my new edition of Real Simple , and in it, I read an article* about how to defrost meat fast.  You know, in case you forget to th...

Since the new semester begins tomorrow, I thought I'd post a New Year's weekend wrap-up before things get all crazy again.  I really...

My dad, who died in 1999 after battling colon cancer for over four years, always made the same new year's resolution:  to NOT buy one o...

I learned something today, and that is when one is raised in the Pacific Northwest, year-round access to all types of (real) crab is somethi...

For anyone who has never taught high school, you should know that final exam time is hectic .  Thus, the entire month of December, having bo...