No, this is not a cooking blog, although the past few days I have been doing a lot of cooking. I wanted to pin this recipe, but there was ...

There are so many things going on in the summer.  Perhaps I should start sharing again! No promises but here we go... First, since this co...

Reading Facebook yesterday afternoon and this morning, it seems everyone has a connection with Maya Angelou.  She touched so many people she...

In September, I wrote about here about a special project that I took part in.  A group of herbal friends wrote a booklet together about the...

There are quite a few recipes attributed to me in an ebook I had nothing to do with (see previous blog entries) - the first one was really m...

PURLOIN :  to appropriate wrongfully and often by a  breach of trust —   pur·loin·er   noun   So, apparently that's what happ...

I already posted this on my Lancaster Soaps Blog , but thought I might as well post it here too, while I was at it... About 8 years ago, ...

How does this happen?  I had all good intentions. As 2012 ended, my books were up to date.  I even had my inventory done and finished all ...

I have thought about it for a while and decided this blog would be one of the things I to which I would like to pay more attention this year...

Sometimes I get involved in things other than jewelry and soap.  One of the things I enjoy is helping my sister by doing the layout for he...

I'm really on an earring kick - just can't seem to stop making them. The coffee table in our living room is a mess ... covered wi...

I don't believe I ever posted my "Wishing Vessels" here. I know I posted them on Facebook, but this is the proper place. Wel...

Even though I was suffering a bout of lethargy yesterday, at least I managed to make a couple more pairs of the "leaf" earrings: J...

We went out to Boulder, CO last week to visit our son who is interning there for the summer with a software firm. It was a beautiful and w...

Today, I found it necessary to cross the Susquehanna River twice. On the way west, I took the "new" bridge, the Wright's Ferr...

I got a call last week wondering if Tina and I would do a soap making demo for a day camp at the Hans Herr House in Willow Street. I agreed,...

In an effort to avoid working on a project for the class Tina and I are taking, I thought I would put some thoughts down on paper (okay, scr...

In a Facebook status update on Wednesday, I mentioned that we were planting baby Christmas trees. An interesting conversation ensued and s...

Around here, at Lancaster County Soapworks , we often have a month or two to breathe and prepare for the onslaught of heavy duty business in...

If you read my sister's blog , you've already had a good review of our trip last week to NYC. We made a quick decision to leave on M...