Years ago, when I was living in Knoxville, Tennessee, I arrived at the office the Monday after February 14 to be greeted with the friendly question, “So did y’all get your peas in this weekend?” Um – Peas? In February? Kimmy, our department secretary, whose mother raised bees in a garden so productive people whispered [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Peas will you be my Valentine?
Posted in Gardening, tagged DIY trellis, peas on valentine's day, plant on valentine's day, twine trellis on February 21, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Adventures in wood, part 2, or, please don’t “little lady” your female customers lest they come after you with that wire brush
Posted in Building, Designing, Random Thoughts, tagged Anderson's Alternatives, black walnut, little lady, marine spar varnish, refinish wood on February 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
My first memorable “little lady” experience was in high school. I already knew how to cook and sew, so when I had to choose a “practical” elective I convinced the school to let me take night classes in wood shop and auto shop. Lesson one was changing the oil. I took the cap off the [...]


