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Feb 04 2022
How to Make an Upcycled Juice Carton Birdhouse
I’ve been on a quest to upcycle every container I use and decided to make my juice cartons into bird houses! These are mainly decorative, but I put one of mine outside anyway, just to see! This is a great project to do with the kids, too, just be sure that an adult does all of …
Jan 23 2022
January 23rd Birthday Love: Derek Walcott
Here is “Bleecker Street, Summer” by Derek Walcott, born on this day January 23, 1930 in Castries, the capital of Saint Lucia located in the Caribbean. Walcott won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. Bleecker Street, Summer Summer for prose and lemons, for nakedness and languor,for the eternal idleness of the imagined return,for rare flutes …
Jan 18 2022
Blending Fragrance Chords: Creating Your Perfect Scent
For over thirty years I’ve played piano, which must explain why I love thinking of blending fragrances in musical terms. Just like in music, fragrances have notes that range from high to low, and creating a balanced fragrance chord is a great way to achieve a complex, interesting blend. I recently made a scent which …
Jan 03 2022
January 3rd Birthday Love: Charles Yu
Happy birthday to American writer Charles Yu, born on this day January 3, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. Yu’s works span from fiction to science fiction to experimental fiction to non-fiction, and his most well-known books include How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010) and Interior Chinatown (2020). “Everyone has a time machine. Everyone *is* …
Jan 02 2022
January 2nd Birthday Love: Roger Miller
Today is the birthday of the beloved, affable country western legend, Roger Miller, born on this day in Fort Worth, Texas. Miller grew up plowing the land and picking cotton on a farm in Erick, Oklahoma. Erick is located on Oklahoma’s Route 66 and has a Roger Miller Museum in his honor, as well as …
Dec 31 2021
30 Day Declutter Your Home Challenge
The New Year is a wonderful time to start fresh by decluttering your home. We are in our homes now more than ever, which makes creating tidy, beautiful living spaces more important than ever. Make your home your sanctuary. Here is a printable declutter checklist to help you get started; I keep mine on the …
Dec 24 2021
Holiday Herb Slow Cooked Pot Roast
Today I’m making a crock pot herb pot roast with potatoes and carrots for our Christmas Eve dinner. The combination of herbal, salty, and sweet seasonings make for a flavorful treat. Pair it with spicy cinnamon apple cider to really warm up your holiday! I used a rump roast because the meat is known to …
Dec 06 2021
Take a Virtual Tour of a Fabulous Vintage Christmas Home
In this video, Trisha from Living a Vintage Life gives us an excellent tour of her home, and shares some of the retro holiday goodies she has collected over the years. She also shares information on vintage and mid century Christmas decor, including giving some collecting tips as well as history on aluminum trees, blow …
Dec 06 2021
Happy Birthday, Rudolph
The beloved television special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” first aired on this day, December 6, 1964, on NBC. Now a classic, this stop-motion animation was produced by the iconic Rankin & Bass team and narrated by Burl Ives. The show was based on the Johnny Marks song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” which has lyrics from …
Nov 03 2021
Vegan Thai Mushroom Coconut Soup Recipe
Today I am making a vegan mushroom Thai coconut soup, very similar to Tom Kha Gai, but without the chicken. This soup has some of my very favorite flavors in it: lemongrass, coconut, lime, cilantro, and more! I love it!! Here’s how I make it: Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 3 cups vegetable broth 1 can …
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