Dewey's Treehouse

There is no day of the year as focused on One, First, Beginning, as New Year's Day is. Well, the first day of school comes close, but it...

Cookies and chocolate Fruit Pizza (for breakfast) Napkin and cutlery bundles Lunch, brunch, or whatever you call it. The ri...

Recipe posted January 2015 Christmas 2016 update: I made this for Christmas Day brunch, in the slow cooker (four hours on high, cut the...

Isn't this a beautiful image for God's joyful Creation? You can read the thoughts behind this picture by Linda Richardson on Ma...

Photo found here Let every pen enfold a lamb Sleeping warm beside its dam,      In the week when Christmas comes. ~~ from "In ...

Let every night put forth a star To show us where the heavens are,      In the week when Christmas comes. ~~ from "In the Week When...

Let every steeple ring a bell With a joyful tale to tell,      In the week when Christmas comes. ~~ from "In the Week When Christma...

Let every doorstep have a song Sounding the dark street along,      In the week when Christmas comes. ~~ from "In the Week When Ch...

Notes from our Hodgepodge Hostess: "Here are the questions to this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge. Because nobody has anything els...

Let every hall have boughs of green, With berries glowing in between,      In the week when Christmas comes. ~~ from "In the ...

This is the week when Christmas comes,      Let every pudding burst with plums, And every tree bear dolls and drums,      In the week...

Around 1973, I was in elementary school. I was also a member of our church's junior choir. The Roman Catholics were in the era of the...

Notes from our Hodgepodge Hostess: "Here are the questions to this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge. Answer on your own blog, then ski...

Bits and pieces... 1. If you have a few less-than-tasty apples, not rotten but lacking texture, it's easy to turn them into applesauce...

Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space by Kathi Lipp Harvest House Publishers, 2015 Probably the worst time to ...

A blog post about getting the thrift store smell out of things , but it's better than that. How to use saddle soap and shoe polish on le...

     

Fiercely cold tonight. Not a soul on the street. They worked quickly. Harley toted in a bale of straw and let it loose in the window...  ...

We live a few blocks from one of the big craft stores. The one with the weekly coupons. This time of year, the parking lot is full of cars, ...