Have I mentioned that the Port City Market has switched to Saturday mornings for the winter? It’s delightful. It’s lovely fall mornings shared with lovely people and their homegrown and homemade goods. It’s cozy. We were on the news a few weeks ago and there’s a quick view of our [...]

I know that for most of you autumn is in full swing and winter is already threatening. Here in Pensacola, fall has just begun. My fall bow tie line is sweet and small- with winter falling closely behind. These four beauties, which I have named cabin in the woods, pumpkin pie, caramel [...]

Miss Kaitlyn like to take pictures. This summer she would borrow my camera regularly and snap photos of the family and the lovely time that we were having together. There are Uncles and cousins blurily waving at the camera and photos of feathers in the dirt and toes on the playground. My [...]

I make costumes. I am used to spending the month of October in my pajamas night and day, eating hot pockets when I remember to eat, and watching too much daytime tv and I sew and sew and sew. This year I have a little helper, Mr. Jack. Trying to stay on [...]

It’s Moishe! I just recently learned that Maurice Sendak, during the adaptation of his book to opera, named the characters Tzippy, Moishe, Bruno, Emile, and Bernard- after relatives. I made my first Moishe costume last year and made more mistakes than I care to remember. This year the process was a wee [...]

10. visiting ninety nine nuns singing in an Indiana nunery.
9. enjoying the cooler weather in Pensacola, FL.
8. working a 9 to 5 job selling newspaper ads.
7. watching every episode, in order, of Friends.
6. winning the shrimp eating contest at the Pensacola Seafood Festival.
5. making [...]