Dewey's Treehouse

Tonight's supper: Subversive Tuna Wrapup  with white sauce Combination of broccoli, red peppers, and a bit of frozen broccoli-red pep...

"I suspect that many people who continue to keep a crochet hook handy retain a pronounced ability to improvise; we think neither more n...

Thai-Style Curried Chicken Rice, Oriental frozen vegetable mix Clementines Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins , baked in a 9-inch pan instead of a...

In the Tightwad Gazette Volume 3 , or the Complete Tightwad Gazette , there is a note from a newsletter subscriber, who said that she had be...

We haven't had A Year of Slow Cooking's Applesauce Chicken for a long time--I made it tonight with bone-in thighs, and baked it in...

When I thought about doing some blog posts on The Tightwad Gazette , I was hoping to start a little closer to the actual 20-year anniversary...

My choice for this term's art study is Woldemar Neufeld . We were going to do Tom Thomson, but I have this lovely book that Mr. Fixi...

The week after New Year's is sometimes a strange one, grocery-wise. As Cardamom Addict pointed out , you may be using up the last of un...

What's up today for the Squirrelings? Well, that's after we get enough clothes on to go out and shovel the steps and help Mr. Fixi...

(The toothpicks are not meant to be decorative--they were to hold the plastic wrap up.) This is the recipe we used  for trifle--the same o...

We got to Christmas Eve and the cookie stash was depleted...even the Butterscotch Bars were almost gone.  Note to self:  stop making the k...

That October rummage sale turned out to be one of the most useful we went to all fall. The yarn mostly went into potholders ; the blue fa...

What did Crayons and Crystal get for Christmas? Actually these clothes aren't just for Crystal; she has to share them with her ...

Crystal, if you don't know, is Crayons' 18-inch doll. And Crystal thought it would be nice if she got some skates for Christmas. ...

Once, there was a fairy named Mama Squirrel. She lived in a treehouse with her loving husband and 3 beautiful squirrels girls. One day she s...

I wrote this quite a few years ago for our local homeschool group's newsletter; later it appeared in an American group's newsletter...

I can't say too much here. But it involves less crocheting and more time with the Evil Sewing Machine. Here's a hint. Here'...

Already gone: Malted Milk Buttons Chocolate-Chocolate Shortbread One batch of chocolate chip cookies made by Ponytails One batch of bro...

Our Roman Roots: A Catholic Student's Guide to Latin Grammar and Western Civilization , by James R. Leek, Ed.D. Review at HomeschoolChri...