Today I found out that the popsicle was invented by an eleven-year-old boy. It was 1905. And, as the story goes, young Frank Epperson a...

Here in Wisconsin, winter has been just a bit brutal. Between the "Polar Vortex" that seemed it would never end, to nearly cons...

My life -- more specifically my life as a writer -- was changed for the better this week. I attribute this phenomenon, in large part, to a...

We are big fans of brownies. We especially love deep dark fudgey brownies that are crisp and sugary on the outside and sqwoodgy and choc...

  If a blogger writes a blog post in the forest, and no one is around to read it, does it make a sound? Don't laugh. It's a ser...

Even when the ground outside is covered in a blanket of white, my fingers are frigid, and the northern winds are causing the windows in our ...

This isn't actually the next blog entry. Well, it is... but it's just by way of a stopgap until I actually get an hour's downt...