The First Timer's Guide to Rum Cocktails

The Caribbean has given us many great things: amazing music, delicious food… and of course rum. As the summer slowly approaches, …

Easter Preparations in Lovella's kitchen

Tomorrow is Easter and by now you have likely colored your eggs, set your menu, have your groceries purchased,  made your Paska a…

Good Friday

My Lenten Rose (Hellebore) appears out of the cold hard ground every winter just before the season of Lent. I find it to be a hum…

#MySister #MichelleAdams #Review

All her life she thought she'd been given away because her family didn't want her.  What if the truth was something far w…

#guestpost #author #mirandagold #starlings

Struggling to bear the legacy of her grandparents' experience of the Holocaust and her mother's desperate fragility, Sall…

Peach Mango Ham Steak

If you're still wondering what kind of meat you want to prepare for Easter and if you only have a few people to serve this is…

How to Not Fail This Year: Achieve Your Goals in 2017

Every year we set new goals for ourselves and many of us do not get as far as achieving those goals. What is your personal goal s…

Peach Pie (made with a bag of frozen peaches)

Every now and then we need a taste of summer in the month of April.   I have found that one bag of frozen peaches at the store is…

#Review #BeyondTheWildRiver #SarahMaine

This book just looked so deliciously intriguing and atmospheric I couldn't help requesting it. Maine's first book, The Ho…