The Roses of Prose

In my last post here, I talked about how my son and grandson value the idea of family traditions and are each doing their part to preserve t...

A few months ago, my son emailed me and my husband asking about our family traditions. It was for a paper for one of his college classes. A...

My husband and I Tobacco drying shed were driving though South Windsor Connecticut when I spotted tobacco drying in one of th...

 Laura Breck Remember when it drove you a little nutty when people made verbs out of nouns? Now it’s so common, we don’t even questio...

(Sorry. I am going to see Wizard of Oz in IMAX on Tuesday, so I guess I’m in the zone :))  However, the title is related to this post. T...

Yep, it’s that time of year again. Temperatures are cooler, a few leaves have started to turn and the kids have gone back to school. A whol...

by Betsy Ashton I'd been gone two years without returning home. Without stepping foot on US soil except to vote at the American Emba...