Three original “Friendship Dolls” from 1927 are currently on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). Fifty-eight of these dolls were...

Shamrocks at our local garden store. At Trader Joe’s: shamrocks wrapped up for St. Patrick’s Day. Shamrocks that we saw in Ireland. On St. P...

 Recent Reading Help Wanted , published March 5, 2024. Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman has the clarity of a fable. I enjoyed reading it both ...

Of Time and Turtles  by Sy Montgomery (published September, 2023) Of Time and Turtles is mainly about the work of a turtle rescue center wh...

It’s Pi Day — also Pie Day. We celebrate 𝞹. And Zingerman’s Bakehouse offers slices for $3.14. As you probably learned in elementary math c...

“The coffee served at the café was made from mocha beans grown in Ethiopia, which have a distinct aroma. But it didn’t appeal to everybody’s...

Saturday we decided to have lunch at a local restaurant called BigaLora. BigaLora’s specialty is pizza. We chose the one called “Agrodolce” ...