Eggs, the shortage du jour. I feel like we’ve all learned to accept the plague of the month and whatever upheaval accompanies it. At the moment (at least in the USA), it’s the bird flu that’s left us with expensive eggs or sometimes, hard to find eggs. Supplies may occasionally run low and they may be ridiculously expensive in some…

Who cares about housewife history? “That’s the past! Time marches on! Progress, y’know? I’m no tradwife!” I’m not what people call a tradwife, either. I wouldn’t be eligible for membership if I wanted to be one. There isn’t a single prairie dress in my closet, I use (gasp) ziploc bags, and I don’t cook by candlelight. Yet, my homemaking has…

A few months ago a friend Aaryne sent me a little booklet she ran across somewhere in her travels. It made her think of me, she said, which shows she knows me pretty well. It’s called Successful Baking for Flavor and Texture.  The name alone is a giveaway that it wasn’t written recently. It was published in 1936 by the…

Some thoughts written in 1931 by a woman in Wyoming on the small courtesies that make life better for everyone– Recently I bought a dress and hat at a local shop kept by a women. Early in life, she was suddenly and without preparation thrust into the position of breadwinner for herself and husband. Through the various ups and downs…