Cicada Daydream (who has some really lovely items in her Etsy shop) blogged about her “Top 5″ tools of the trade yesterday, and inspired me to do the same! Ivy & Mae and Fog and Thistle also blogged about their Top 5, and I found it pretty interesting to read about the tools each of [...]

I love chickpeas and was searching around for a recipe involving them last week. Lucky for me, I came across this recipe for Moroccan Chickpea Stew at Care2 GreenLiving. It’s tasty, quick, and healthy. We’ve had it twice in the last two weeks, and I don’t think anyone is complaining.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, [...]

I’ve got a 50% off coupon for the fabric store, and I’ve decided today’s the day I’m going to use it to buy a bunch of canvas and make myself the reusable grocery bags I’ve been thinking about for months. I save all the plastic bags I bring home from the grocery store and reuse [...]

We had our second ice storm in as many weeks today, and it looks like it’s going to continue into tomorrow. It was bad enough that the university was closed and I got to spend the day at home, instead of at work. I planned ahead this time and went grocery shopping yesterday, so SciFi [...]