posted by: Allison West Share Just in time for the holidays! Browsing through my loose recipe collection instantly takes me back to my Mom’s kitchen in the 1970s, as my sisters and I learned how to make the dough and bake holiday sugar cookies. She must have been very patient to watch as the […]
posted by: Allison West Share Americans love their stuff. And we sure have a lot of it. According to Becoming Minimalist, Americans spend $1.2 trillion annually on nonessential goods — in other words, stuff we don’t need (The Wall Street Journal). My own basement pays an overstuffed homage to all the stuff I don’t really […]
posted by: Allison West Share Yep, it’s a thing – collecting drink coasters. And you don’t have to visit a bar or restaurant to find them. Known as beer mats, drink coasters, and bierdeckel, drink coasters have found their way out of man caves and into the mainstream. These small pieces of art and […]
posted by: Allison West Originally published September 2017; updated and refreshed Feb. 8, 2019 Share A safety story from the past Just before he sailed on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, Captain Edward John Smith was quoted in the press as saying: “When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experiences of […]
posted by: Allison West Share Gardens in the American Revolution Imagine this scenario. It’s the fall of 1776 and British battleships are gathering off the coastline of Staten Island. George Washington has been ordered by Congress to hold New York City. Remarkably, he stops reviewing his maps and documents – and writes a letter. It […]
Share Working from home has recently become the new normal. And we’re still adjusting. With adults and kids at home, all day, every day, there’s one thing we can count on. Paper. Lots of it. There’s always a steady stream of paper coming into our homes. Unopened mail, files, folders, office paperwork, and schoolwork piles […]
