Our pumpkin this year isn't anywhere as good as our award-winning creation from last year. So here is last year's pumpkin. Happy Tri...

My little sister (who is practically a quarter-century old, but will always be my little sister) came to visit two weeks ago. She's the ...

Some time last week was the first widespread frost in Minnesota, though I'm not sure if it actually reached the metro area. It was enoug...

For the statisticians: October 26th is the first day of snow for the Twin Cities! It's been "snowing" for most of the day, som...

Well here's a cultural difference: betting on the first day of snow. I read in the Star Tribune (the local paper) that people are placin...

Fall is most assuredly here. The leaves are turning shades of yellow, orange, and red and falling in piles everywhere. The days are shorter ...

Sorry for the dumb pun. =) Being unemployed (still), another thing I've been doing more (other than baking and preserving and gardening)...