This school year started off extremely bumpy for my 11-year-old. The transition to 6th grade middle school for the H-man just wasn't g...

I woke up this morning in bed with an odd thought and a twinge of excitement. And, no, it wasn't in my pants. It was about blogging. Y...

2013 Mazda3 Grand Touring with SkyActiv I come from a family of car fanatics. My brother, Chris , is the talent and creator behind the t...

As some of you know, my husband has a blood cancer. Multiple myeloma, to be exact. Over the last five years, he's undergone constant che...

Every couple of years I like to ask these personal hygiene questions since I'm always curious to see the answers. I do this because th...

My brother, Mr. Seattle Foodies himself, came over for New Years dinner. He showed me how to cook down a huge amount of chard in a little...

I'm always fond of gardening voyeurism so I thought I'd share what mess our garden currently is in. In the far back, against th...

We live in an area of Seattle that is not known for its urban homesteading. It's known for its manicured lawns, manicured shrubbery (thi...

Since I haven't posted much in the last six months, I thought I'd keep you up-to-date on what I have and have not continued doing ...

You may have noticed a serious dearth in blogging going on around here. I can't say that I'm going to pick it up yet again, but I ...

Stealing the idea from the Lazy Homesteader , I thought I'd do a post! I know, shocker. Anyway, here are the Top 5 Posts of 2012 (from...

A couple people on Facebook were asking for this recipe and I figured it was just easier to post on my blog. So here we go.... First of...

This 5 part series, Letting the Wolves Howl , covers the poaching of an endangered grey wolf in Washington State in 2008. Here are the l...

This 5 part series, Letting the Wolves Howl , covers the poaching of an endangered grey wolf in Washington State in 2008. Here are the l...

This 5 part series, Letting the Wolves Howl , covers the poaching of an endangered grey wolf in Washington State in 2008. Here are the li...

This 5 part series, Letting the Wolves Howl , covers the poaching of an endangered grey wolf in Washington State in 2008. Here are the l...

Last summer I pitched a book to my publisher regarding the delisting of wolves from the Endangered Species list in 2011. I wanted to examin...

I thought I'd start doing a weekend post with a wrap-up of useful things that sprung up during the week. Enjoy! 1. Just because you ...

I've been reading a few books on cyber security lately (don't ask), specifically Cyber War by Richard Clark, and it has really go...