2014 was a good year, a regular year. At the end, my father died. That wasn't regular. We weren't close. That wasn't regular eit...

Merry Christmas! After almost a week of sopping, cold rain, the day dawned bright and clear. I'm glad for the people who have to trave...

PRATA, JOHN B. JR. of North Kingstown and Naples, FL passed away on December 15, 2014 at 12:15pm. He was the loving husband of Raisa E. P...

Today was the first day of Christmas vacation. Phew. Working in school is great, and being stationed in the kindergarten wing is the best, i...

I'm still in my pajamas. I'm savoring every last moment of school break. In my defense, I was making bread in the machine and I di...

Now that I've recovered from my turkey-stuffing-green beans-sweet potatoes-cranberry-roll-apple spice cake Thanksgiving dinner, and the ...

A couple of days ago I posted an essay about 23 crock pot recipes for Thanksgiving . I'd said I'd tried the one where you put whole ...

Someone on Facebook posted the above with a link . I read most of the recipes and I was excited that I would do many of them. The easiest wa...

Everyone around here including me, is watching the weather for the coming week with a very wary eye. The high temperature by Tuesday is supp...