If your house is anything like mine, there is rarely a day filled with peace and joy, unless the children are away at a friend’s house (which...

Aww, the sounds and sights of the joyous Christmas season… twinkling lights on the sparkling snow, carols wafting through the air, children’s excited giggles… and...

The following is a Best of Rabit Hole Ramblin' column that first appeared in The Exponent on Wednesday, December 20, 2023For those of us grappling...

This week I’m reaching out to the moms of 21st century kids—the ones who spend more hours in their days looking at screens than they do breathing...

Growing up in the Boston Hills of Western New York, folks from cities like Buffalo and Rochester considered us farm people. This, of course, was...

1/2 cup salted butter3/4 cup brown sugar1/4 cup white sugar1/2-1 tsp peppermint extract1/4 tsp vanilla1  egg1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour1/3 cup...

Early December was always a magical time of year in our humble abode along the 18-Mile Creek.The weather was usually frigid enough for the creek...

I’ve had a hard time getting going in the workshop this fall. I can’t quite put my finger on why. I have every major tool I need—except for one,...

It’s that time of year when my sewing room is busy and I’m always coming up with more homemade Christmas gift ideas. Some years I don’t have the...

My family loves jellies and jams on toast, but sometimes we get a collection of partially used jars in the back of the fridge and it’s high time I...

Thanksgiving, as I’ve often stated, is probably one of my favorite holidays of the year. Perhaps it’s because the centerpiece of the day revolves...

I find myself often sitting down to write a column about being “weekend warriors” (and even once wrote that title on my columns two weeks in a row...

I’m pretty sure I’ve made it known that I have a love-hate relationship with the Northern Lights — those dancing curtains that blanket the sky in a...

While I love summertime and the heat and sunshine that it brings, there is a certain joy in my heart when it comes to putting on a sweater in the...

I’m pretty sure I’ve made it known that I have a love-hate relationship with the Northern Lights — those dancing curtains that blanket the sky in a...