We'll see how the cantaloupe does. I've heard brussel sprouts are hard too. But like Ilene says, the square foot garden is magic --...

Up until today, the only place I could find a Navajo taco (unless I made them myself) was at the State Fair or the Utah Arts Festival. I act...

Ours was maybe the fourth or fifth house to be built on Littler Road in Sandy. When my family moved there in 1984, construction consumed the...

One of the many reasons I love having Annie around... Me: Annie? Were you just singing "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead"? Annie: ...

If you're wondering why this parking validation is laminated, read on. I've had this validation for almost twenty years. Don't b...

In preparation for a yet to be published blog post, I was looking through ALL my old photographs Sunday afternoon. I found myself laughing o...

I've noticed articles of clothing that come into your life are often analogous to the people that come into your life. You never can tru...

I just got back from the Red Iguana and I feel a little sick. Not that I don’t like the Red Iguana, it’s just twice as much food as I’m used...

An idea occurred to me as I taught Gospel Doctrine last week. We’re studying the Old Testament this year – which is kind of a challenge beca...

I have an airplane ritual: I always request tomato juice – with a lime. And if I have a meal with it and there’s salt and pepper, I salt and...

I pride myself on my long term memory. If I hear bits of information that I think will be useful for me in the future, I remember them. I al...

I'm officially addicted to the green smoothie. I know it sounds disgusting, but it is GOOD. My friend Carri introduced me to this. I thi...

Before I started the "Foods of Durham Past" series I talked about how that came from a conversation I had with my parents over din...

Of all the lessons I didn’t take regularly growing up, piano was the most useful. Everything I know about the piano I learned from my mom, ...

The year 1977 gave this world a great number of things. Here are some of the things I was thinking about that turned 32 this year... Apple I...

I'm a little sad that I don't remember believing in Santa. It was never a topic of discussion in grade school. I don't remember ...

This is going to be a challenge, because this message is best communicated through speech. Unless you and I have already had this conversati...

Every year, the Utah Historical Society director sponsors a paper plane contest the day before Thanksgiving at the Rio Grande Depot (where I...

I feel like people are watching me. You see, I'm housesitting for my sister and her husband this weekend. With the house comes the respo...

Nothing makes me feel more safe and comfortable than the smell of Sunday dinner cooking. If you remember one of my first posts, I talked abo...