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 I'm back. It's been almost a month since my last post, but I have more than just holiday mayhem to blame for my absence.  Alright, ...

Garden Notes This week's star native is Bee Balm (aka Wild Bergamot). This fragrant perennial comes in lots of colors, has spikey flower...

One of the many bears of Berlin--this guy guarded the entrance to our hotel. Last stop on our spring Mother/Daughter trip was Berlin. The mo...

  Emily enjoying the scenery when the rain finally stopped and the sun came out. From Munich we rented a car (Europcar) and drove two hours ...

We were hoping to leave the rain behind in Paris, but it followed us to Munich and made the first two days fairly soggy. It’s tough to learn...

My daughter Emily and I have been planning her college graduation trip to Germany for a few years. With her graduation from CU Boulder last ...

Sorry for being AWOL, but I have been reading and listening and need to get back on track. The past couple of months have been characterized...

Dog days of summer--lots of rain in Colorado (hurrah!), a bit cooler weather, still no tomatoes. What's up with that? But don't you ...

Lots to catch up on--I haven't done a potpourri or roundup since RIP! Anyway, apart from the Classics, here's what I've been rea...

 Dog days of summer--garden harvest--shorter days--cooking, again, finally. Over the past two weekends, I have made salsa, pickled beets, br...

April was a tough month on so many fronts, but at least I read some great books! The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Fam...

I just finished Stephen Ambrose's magnificent D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II , and thought it appropriate that...