At 95, a death is not a shock, but the death of John Glenn is certainly an event. As the last living member of the original 7 Mercury Astr...

We've talked for some time about making a soap for summer that we would call "Beach Soap."  It would smell fresh and "bea...

As soon as locally grown tomatoes were available, my husband brought some home and asked me to make some sliced tomatoes with "mozzarel...

This spring, my sister, Tina brought a few of these along to an herb fair where we were vending. I hadn't eaten them for a while and gra...

My sister has been distilling mugwort and selling the hydrosol.  I was curious how people were using it and assumed, since it is to be disti...

After much frustration and soul-searching, I recently made the decision to leave Facebook. Through the primaries and ensuing craziness of ...

I love spring.  I REALLY love spring.  When people ask what is my favorite season, I usually say "what ever season it is now," but...

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...