pinkytoe
Senior Member

One of our reasons for staying home is our two very elderly cats. One is near his end (17yo) with advanced kidney disease and yet he persists. He...

We got rid of most everything when we moved here 7 years ago. Not surprisingly, most of it is all back and then some. I would like to move again just...

Officially spring cleaning time. Not waiting for the snow to melt to put away winter clothes and get rid of ratty turtlenecks and sweats. Mostly all...

I am also feeling ill about all this as if I can't quite wake up from a bad dream.

Crack slaw and mac n cheese.

Posole made with smoked chicken. Cornbread muffins and salad.

I guess I'm basically a homebody. As a retiree, I am supposed to be traveling around the world and playing pickleball or so I read. Airports, crowds,...

I am not looking at our accounts anytime soon. Glad that at the least about 65% was in cash funds. If I were smarter, I would have made some big...

We gritch about certain neighbor's property but still prefer that over an HOA. When a neighbor has six vehicles and four are parked in the street,...

Just today, I cooked a half package of Kamut wheat that was getting old and made a grain salad with old red bell peppers, arugula and dried up dates....

We looked at some 55+ places and the book of rules was very off-putting. Small list of approved plants. paint colors, what you are allowed to have in...

We have wanted to downsize/move for five years now but it seems to be one thing after the other throwing up roadblocks. Covid followed by real estate...

I am reminded of the SNL skit line "look what I can do."

White bean tuna salad on a bed of arugula.

My grandfather grew wheat on the eastern Colorado plains during the Dust Bowl days. I can only imagine how hard that life must have been. I am...

Prairie madness was for real. Living here on the plains next to the mountains, the wind is unnerving especially at night. After experiencing wind...

It is a grain bowl night - black beans, farro, sweet potato with cabbage and cilantro and an avocado crema sauce.

I belong to a couple of "horticulture" groups and all have very good online presence. It is funny though that most members are older I guess because...