by Barbara Smith | Jan 10, 2019 | Painting & Writing
Clutter and how I wrestle with it is a recurring topic on this blog. Whether it is clutter in the home, garage, or yard, I win some and lose some. But I confess to a clutter mission as difficult as sorting photos, and that is my needlepoint projects. Now, I... 
by Barbara Smith | Jan 7, 2019 | Gardening & Housekeeping
St. Distaff’s Day Thank you Peg Bracken for reminding me of a chore I will never have to do – nor have I ever attempted it, old and cute as I am. “. . . the Christmas holidays having ended, good housewives resume the distaff and other industrious employments.”... 
by Barbara Smith | Jan 1, 2019 | Gardening & Housekeeping
Even though I grew up in Baltimore, I thought I knew how to make Gumbo. It wasn’t until I lived in Dallas, and ate at Picardi’s, a New Orleans’s style seafood eatery that alas is no longer operating, that I discovered the truth. Whatever I was making, it was not New... by Barbara Smith | Dec 28, 2018 | Gardening & Housekeeping
. . . and every thing in its place was one of the proverbs that misled me, and confounded my housekeeping. It is not true. There is not a place for everything; nor can every thing have its own place. Maybe that worked a hundred years ago when things were not widely... 
by Barbara Smith | Dec 23, 2018 | Gardening & Housekeeping
The Christmas Spirit got the better of my common sense, and I baked cookies this afternoon. The recipe seemed easy enough, even for me. I know baking is not my strong suit. But watching new episodes of The Great British Bake Off, hope welled up. After all, some of...