By Elizabeth Prata Let me set the scene. It's raining hard, and it has been for a day. The metal awnings plink and ping as the rain go...

By Elizabeth Prata I didn't do any food prep last week. Sometimes you just get tired of it, you know? I also had a temporary crown on ...

By Elizabeth Prata I posted this photo of my dinner with commentary on Twitter and Facebook: Bay scallops sauted in lemon butter, atop a...

By Elizabeth Prata Happy Fall! Last school week as a weird one. We had teacher workday on Monday which I look a sick day, and Tues-Wed w...

By Elizabeth Prata A very Brady Renovation is a new show on HGTV . Apparently the home in Los Angeles used for exterior shots-only for the...

By Elizabeth Prata Things are so much easier when it's cool out. Happy Fall. I had energy this morning and decided to do all the pre...

By Elizabeth Prata I'm ruled by my ears. I seek atmospheres with soft sounds, calming and lovely. I enjoy good music, breezes ruffling...

By Elizabeth Prata This busy school year it kickin' my behind. But I have also been tempted to grumble, and had to repent of that seve...

I lived through this. I remember, vividly. Even if you didn't live through it or were too young, never forget America was cravenly atta...

By Elizabeth Prata My parents had money and I grew up with some of the finer things of life. One thing that was popular starting in 1963 w...