Site of Author Lorilee Craker
We just went and picked up the first baskets for our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) group. Peaking into the bushel basket, I was thrilled at its contents: my old friend kale, two types of lettuce (deer tongue, and another kind), rhubarb, a pint of strawberries, some onions and radishes. A bounty of just-picked goodness for [...]
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I’m not what you could call “crafty,” by any stretch of the imagination, but even a monkey could do this craft, one of my all-time favorite garbage to gold ideas. Check out this “recipe” for homemade lava lamps, adapted from FamilyFun Magazine. Far out! (I couldn’t help myself…) Plastic or glass bottles (salsa and fudge [...]
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On Saturday morning, I came across a neighborhood having one of those big and fabulous all-together-now garage sales, which are fantastic because they save time (you can find a ton in a small area) and if they are in an upscale area? Even better. So, I’m tooling down the street, eagle-eyed for tables heaving with [...]
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Sometimes, I surprise even myself with how cheaply fabulous clothing can be bought secondhand. I’m talking crazy, silly wacky prices, just for popping in here and there at your favorite thrift store to see what the people have dropped off in big boxes. Recently, I saw that my favorite little thrift store was closing down. [...]
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Perfume, you say, on an Amish-inspired blog? Keep your bonnet on there, Ida, because though the lovely Amish ladies may not spritz perfume (and I’m not sure they don’t), but they do barter for free stuff. This inspires me to tell you the story of how my dainty wrists are now sprayed on special [...]
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Lorilee Craker used to be quite dense on the subject of money, so much so she laughed out loud when someone suggested she write a book about Amish money secrets.
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