Home Remedy for Bee Stings

Watching a wasp fly around the front porch reminded me that we are out of meat tenderizer. No, I have no desire to tenderize and eat a wasp. It is just one of those home remedies that my parents used and it seemed to work. In case you are not familiar with it, here is […]

Cake Baking Discoveries

My husband made me a birthday cake this year. It was a big deal just because he normally doesn’t do anything for birthdays, anniversaries, mother’s day, father’s day. . .well, you get the idea. He had made me a couple of b-day cakes in the past, but those were in the first few years of […]

Traveling Blues

Ever notice how most people are rather upbeat and optimistic at the beginning of a trip whether it is for work or “pleasure.” The other morning at a hotel a family was at the front desk asking travel related questions as I was dropping off our keys. The parents and the children were talking about […]

Drinking Straw

The advantages of using glass straws instead of plastic.