We all pitch in on family dinners, and I decided to take a salad. You know how to make a salad? You ask yourself three questions: What have I got on hand? What would look pretty together? What would taste good together? So I opened…

Our daffodils are in bloom, so I picked a few and brought them in to liven the place up. Here you see them against a backdrop of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Hunters In The Snow, aka The Family Picture, so called because just about everybody…

I gotta question: If a writer uses a pen name, is it her pseudonym’s birthday, too? It’s the first day of the month, so I do have a new Hot Flash, but I also have a guest writer posting here. She’s been here before, under…