I have a fondness for dual timeline books so I was quite pleased to accept a copy of The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen thanks to TLC Book Tours. All opinions are my own. About The Venice Sketchbook: Love and secrets collide in Venice during […]

Today’s post on spring cleaning tips is brought to you by Arm and Hammer.  Living with 6 cats and a rabbit is … interesting and at times a bit messy. The cat boxes are in the basement so that is good but the bunny abides […]

I love to make risotto and I suspect if you are a regular reader here you know that. It is a wonderful vehicle for leftovers as in my recipe for Holiday Risotto and it’s also classic Italian cooking as in Risotto Milanese. I also like […]

The other night I was in the mood for Chinese so I looked through a couple of cook books and read a couple of recipes on the internet and I came up with this chicken stir fry recipe that is a mash up of two […]

It’s always interesting to learn something new about a topic. I’ve read a ton of Civil War novels but never encountered this tale of a female militia as told in The Cotillion Brigade by Glen Craney. I thank the publisher for sending me a copy […]