The uninsulated room is a great place to store canning jars, the feral cat, and in cold weather, food.

When the potatoes are done, lay the fish on top of the potatoes and cover the pot…

Portland has essentially outlawed plastic bags and there seems to be no sign of civilization falling apart there.

I grow some strawberries, usually enough for strawberry shortcake at least once...

Luxury is fun to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.

There is so little fuel on them that the gas burner, emitting a little puff of gas, can extinguish one before the gas ignites…

They routinely bathed meat in vinegar and water until it was squeaky clean again.

What does March offer? No national holiday and we get St. Patrick’s Day instead and green beer.

It has been a fraught year for chicken owners in this neighborhood and elsewhere on the island.