Tulip: The Patricia Fisher Cruise Mysteries series by Steve Higgs. Patricia discovers her husband cheating with her best friend. In response, she cleans out the bank account and sets out on a round the world cruise. I’m not an impulsive person, so I’m enjoying the...
Easy Fountain
Make a backyard fountain.
Making Do
As prices for, well, everything, continue to rise, it’s important to focus on features and functions of the things you want and then think about how you can get those features and functions for less. I’ll give some examples. When I bought my house, I wanted a wood...
Open Post: Pancakes, Waffles, or French Toast?
What is your preference – pancakes, waffles, or french toast?
Open Post: Favorite Purchase
What is a favorite purchase of yours?
Open Post: Surprising Things
What have you experienced that you loved that was unexpected?
Favorite Road Trip Snacks
What snacks do you grab when you hit the open road?
Coping with Rising Grocery Prices
What are your strategies for coping with rising food prices?
Create Your Own Cake Adventure
Tulip explains how to create your cake recipe.
Making Stock
How to make a stock for espagnole sauce.
Sauerkraut
Tulip shows you how easy it is to make your sauerkraut.
Fermented Hot Sauce
Tulip explains how to ferment your own hot sauce
Pantry Meals Revisited
More Pantry Meals
Can I Interest You in a Timeshare?
As a happy timeshare owner, I thought I’d talk about how they work and what I do and don’t like about owning a timeshare.
Remembering the Soviet Union
Long, long ago, in a country far, far away, Nikita Kruschev was the Soviet Premier
Making a Hash of It
Hash is a creative and tasty way to use up leftovers.
Three and a Half Shows
Like many people, I’ve been watching a lot TV recently.
Pandemic Baking – Adventures in Sourdough
Have fun with your sourdough.
Tulip’s Prize-Winning Chili
It seems like the perfect pandemic cooking project….
Spontaneous Meal Planning
Spontaneous....meal planning? Well, yes. I'm not going to talk about menu planning except in the vaguest of ways. I'm also not going to talk about meal prepping. If you are interested in learning more, there is an entire subreddit dedicated to the subject, or check...