…I live in AZ and my Mother taught me I shouldn’t lie. The UK’s Guardian weighs in on AZ. I am quite happy to concede that both political sides have engaged in hyperbole and insanely over-the-top rhetoric, but a wonderful little girl on my son’s little league team died this weekend as a result of an unhinged young man getting riled up. I don’t much care if he was driven mad by a particular party or a particular bit...

Oh. My. Goodness. I love this… and can’t wait to live in a place where I have a craft-room again! Enjoy! Filth Wizardry: Milk Jug Storm Trooper Helmet.

Those of you who keep track of me (or of the podcast) may have noticed the loooong stretch of radio silence. Ninety percent of that is due to getting the book into the capable hands of Shannon Okey over at Cooperative Press. Then there were the holidays (and family I don’t get to see nearly enough of). And then there was the snow (should be accompanied in your head by da da da duuuummmmmm). In Which Our Familee Decides to Go On a Jaunt We...

We watched Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas part one a little on accident (my back was out and I didn’t want to get up). I rather snorted about the “ultimate” part. But. I started taking notes early on. Tonight I made the turkey, gravy, cranberries, and (Gasp) the steamed pudding. I usually loathe puddings like that. I’m SO in love right now. I made mine gluten free by taking 100g of my fave all purpose GF flour...

Over at The Cracked Kettle there’s a taste test going on. I’m willing to bet everyone has AT LEAST one friend who’s gotta live gluten-free. Holidays are a lousy time to have to avoid gluten. Thank goodness, then, there’s a quick-and-dirty way to make chocolatey holiday cookies that are safely gluten free that you can give to a soon-to-be-eternally-grateful friend. No one brings GF cookies to a party. Why not be the...

Yesterday, in anticipation of the upcoming release of What Would Madame Defarge Knit? our artiste extraordinairé created free holiday cards for you and yours to use this holiday season. You can view and download the goodies over at the Madame Defarge site. More goodies will be a-comin’ so keep checking back. Then, in my other guise as edumacator, I thought I’d share this with you…just in case you didn’t know from Bayeux...