Cupcakes make you happy! Imagine how we felt when we received a ton of delicious cupcake recipes from our loyal readers in our Bake Me a Cupcake Contest. Ecstatic doesn’t even come close to describing our level of happiness!

We’re busy getting things ready for spring. Spring cleaning, planting our gardens and our flower beds. But what about getting our skin ready? Winter took its toll, drying out our skin and leaving it scratchy and flaky...

If you’re searching for modern style with traditional roots, you’ve found your match in Greek Key. The pattern is generally defined as “a decorative border constructed from a continuous line...

A college buddy of mine turned me on to these guys a while back. The first time I heard this album, I remember thinking that Alabama Shakes is probably what would have happened if Lynard Skynard and Tina Turner created a music baby...

Elizabeth Strout, the Pulitzer prize winner of Olive Kitteredge, has once again won the lottery with her new book. Set in Maine and New York, it tells the story of the Burgess family from Shirley Falls, Maine...

You said you knew the first moment you held me in your arms…you had been waiting...

Lida Stark spent the winter getting rid of things. The trampoline her daughter Della had long since outgrown, the Singer sewing machine her grandmother had given her, seven mismatched chairs her uncle had stolen, piece by piece...

FLUFFY CAKES Who doesn’t love a moist, fluffy cake? The secret to keeping cakes light is lemon juice. Add a dash or two to the butter and sugar mixture and your cake will be as light as a feather...

SO LONG SLUGS In the evening, bury a wide mouth container (tuna cans work great) next to your plants so that the lip of the container is level with the soil surface. Fill the container a third of the way with beer. Slugs will slither in, but won’t slither out...

FLOWER POWER Flowers make us happy, but we’re sad when the die. Keep your bouquet of cut flowers bright and perky a bit longer by adding two tablespoons of white vinegar per quart of water...