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The Gift of Wood…it’s not just for beavers

I am and always have been a terrible gift-giver. Gift cards, girly bath stuff, a necklace…those were always my go-to gifts. All of them safe, but unfortunately also rather generic. Back when I was a wee lass (that means a lot younger) I think my gift-giving peaked when I wanted to buy my grandmother something…

Happy Earth Day 2022

In my best Golden Girls Sophia voice…”Picture it, Washington, D.C. 1990, it was the 20th anniversary of Earth Day and I was right there on the National Mall standing shoulder to shoulder with Burt Reynolds”. OK, so Burt Reynolds wasn’t really there, at least not anywhere I could see him, but now I’m picturing the…

Goodbye September…Helloooooo April!

So, as my family loves to tease me about, I’m not much of a music person.  When my husband met me, he was “impressed” with my Tito Puente CD collection (which still gets referenced to this day), and being a Long Island girl, I truly believed there was 2 kinds of music…Billy Joel and everything…

Take care of your largest organ

Two parts Hydrogen, one part Oxygen. Even someone who failed chemistry in high school (I’m looking at you Gene Haskell) knows this simple chemical formula.  Beauty spas, mermaid tv shows and even a cell phone service all use this familiar recipe to sell you something.  The grocery store has an entire aisle devoted to it…

Plastic ain’t Fantastic

You know I’m crunchy AF, so it won’t shock you that my favorite holiday is Earth Day. Every year I try to do something a little greener to celebrate, and this year I’m going big. I’m breaking up with plastic. That’s right, I’m kicking it to the curb…in a big blue recycling bin. Here’s one…

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