I always enjoy looking in cooking stores. I can get sucked right into a Williams-Sonoma or Sur la Table in a heartbeat. Walking through the store my mind wanders thinking of all the wonderful things I could make if I only had one of these, or …

With the warm weather arriving early this year, my yard is crying for some attention.  As I witness the plants jumping out of the ground a month early, I see all kind of things that really should be taken care of. The perennials that I intended …