Today in history: Ain’t the beer cold now!

Today is a great day in history, readers. I know both of you will want to hoist a pint this evening in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Volstead Act Amendment, signed in 1933. This glorious amendment provided emergency legislation (and readers, how could this have been anything BUT an emergency?) to allow the [...]

Channeling the Grandmas

On Saturday, I had this burning urge to BAKE. Grandma’s sugar cookies had been on my brain since I wrote about Pappy… and, since I knew I had all the ingredients in the house, and nothing better to do, I set out to re-create one of my favorite snacks. But baking these sugar cookies [...]

New Theme!

Hey there, readers. I’m playing with a new theme – this one feels tidier than my old one. Changed the header, too. What do you think? Leave a comment! Thanks x 1,000.