To The Manner Born

Have you seen the ads? The world famous paragon of good taste and refinement, Mr. Donald Trump has launched a line of home furnishings. Aft...

Springheel Jack : Perhaps something like this? Obviously Irish, artsy, with a bit of stray cash available. Garech Browne , heir to the Guin...

Last Thursday, #1 son and his wife, closed on the purchase of their first house. They have worked very hard, for a very long time to make th...

First and foremost Happy Mother's Day. I salute you, and thank you for your sacrifice. Mother's make the world a better place, and...

This one is true. Several times a year Mrs. T and I visit the family farm in eastern Missouri. We try not to make much effort, in hopes of ...

I'm running a flop house. For the past two weeks we have been dog sitting our Carolina relatives puppy, while they tour Europe. Their d...

Shoe queen that I am, I never got it. My favorite bloggers, have written about them. NYT cover girl Allie, of Summer is a Verb is hooked....

Could it be 40 years? For those of a certain age, spring commencement season during the late 60's and 1970 was a tumultuous time. Someti...

Today is not my day to shill, but to inform. Once upon a time, I knew it all. In life, I was a consultant to the telephone industry, since ...

Could it be, my life's love has filled the salt shaker with estrogen? I'm a reader. Mostly non-fiction. During the past week, I c...

DAG asked the other day about the photos on my closet wall. Since there is not much to tell, today is the perfect day to tell it. For reaso...

I have caught the galloping crud. A toxic combo to spring allergies, tacos, and too many dogs. We're dog sitting for the next two week...

I am happy to not need a thing for spring, but it hasn't stopped my window shopping. Most of the windows are on the other side of this ...

Watch this. D, you too. Save this. Watch it on airplanes, watch it on trains. Watch it several times. Pass it on. Toad

Get your mind out of the gutter, jeez. Just a tad north of Little Rock is the community of Conway, Arkansas, population 43,000. View Larger ...

photo: Richard & Salena Marie Mann. I like soldiers. I like ours, I like theirs. Throughout history, soldiers have for the most part, b...

I've been remiss. There were 9 entries to the "have I got a deal for someone" white coat giveaway. My thanks to each of you. ...

The Complete Zac Posen for Target Collection There is a boy expression, I hope I'm not thrown out of the club for revealing. Goes somet...

It's tough to make new rules. First, you have to care. Then you have to find others who care, devise rules, create penalties, become p...

Not in the womb, but shortly thereafter, I began making fun of old fat men with toy dogs. Now I'm am a dues paying member of that elite ...