I chose this area of Texas to live for it’s amenities, one of which was access to lakes or rivers. The Hill Country offers quite a few...

I decided to take a road trip and visit County Line Cottages 55+ community in Liberty Hill, Tx. As the name states, County Line sits at...

Today I started a new batch of vanilla extract and it took me back to my time in Hawaii. A few years ago I ran my signature chocolate...

I recently read an article about the disintegration of American society and the fact that few of us have many close friends compared to...

In 2007 I was a student at Ecole Chocolat, an on line program for chocolate making. While an on line program sounds strange, it really...

Anyone who has been considering a tiny home knows one of the biggest challenges is where to put it. If you own a lot of land that’s...

With chocolate on hold right now, due to no commercial kitchen, I’ve looked at other ways to make money. I often sign up to do focus...

Early this morning I heard a few sounds that woke me up. One was a gentle rain. Ah, so peaceful, I just wanted to roll over and fall back...

I’m at that age where little health problems creep up and with the last year and half of Covid restrictions, regular check- ups and...

Today marks the first day of summer and the Solstice-the longest day of the year. Much of the country is under an extreme heat wave and...

Well the time has come to take the plunge and order a tiny home. I’ve been saving money and it seems the more I save the more the prices...

Chocolate is a passion I stumbled into later in life. For most of my working life my career was in the jewelry industry. I worked at a...

My quest to find a little town to live in has taken me into some interesting research. I want a community that’s pleasant to live and...

I think many of us struggle with the idea of initiating change in our lives. We may fantasize it- we dream of living in a certain house...

Unlike many of my friends I have no immediate family to consider when it comes to thinking about where to live. No elderly parents, no...

The month of June kicks off the peach harvest in Texas. Who knew Texas was famous for peaches? We all thought it was Georgia. We were...

Lillie is my 9 yr old sidekick , a golden retriever, and is always up for adventure. She was born in North Kohala on the Big Island and...

While there is no set definition of a tiny home it is generally used to define homes under 1000 sf. Sears and Roebuck mail order homes in...

My mother had 2 sisters and she was close to both. She and her sister Dorothy decided they would try to have children at the same time,...

My name is Melanie. I’m a single , 66 yr old whose business and finances were destroyed by Covid and I’m creating a new life. Follow...