Appliances, an American Homemaker’s Friends

Appliances, an American Homemaker’s Friends

Appliances, what a boon to the American homemaker! I’ve visited living history re-enactment sites at Connor Prairie Farm in central Indiana Plymouth, Massachusetts Williamsburg, Virginia While I enjoy these historical immersions with people dressed in period costumes...
Around the House a Union of Opposites Work

Around the House a Union of Opposites Work

I am the type of person who closes a safety pin before tossing in a drawer; my husband is not. In his defense, he’s a leftie, so he fumbles with the thin metal clasp and, well, safety pins are somewhat passe. I am a former 4-H seamstress, as well as the oldest...
Living Life as A Miracle: Appliance

Living Life as A Miracle: Appliance

The first rule of marriage, in our union anyway, is that only one person can go crazy at a time. Typically neither of us is crazed, needy, or implosive; we go easy on each other. Ours in a home of placidity, a stable base to walk among the wasted, worrisome, and...
Simple, simple, simple

Simple, simple, simple

My Boomer friends and I are fuming. It feels better to be fribbly fuss-budget than be-fuddled. Agreed? Our griping may be similar to the Angry White Man diatribes, the male version of snark, about Every Thing that’s Wrong with America. (clue: it’s all the...