On these sunny days when my kids start wearing out from their bike riding, sand digging and water fighting I want to give them a nice cool treat to recharge – sans the excessive sugar, food dye and preservatives of most store-bought frozen treats. Most warm weather days you can find some version of these homemade popsicles in my freezer, just waiting to revive my growing boys. These popsicles will Read the Rest…

Dear Meridith, Mom/Grandmom history is really herstory, right? Mine began on a balmy May evening 62 years ago, when I exchanged wedding vows with your grandfather.  Following a storybook honeymoon in Bermuda, he took me off to Detroit to set up housekeeping in a small 3rd floor apartment on Blaine Street.  To me it was sheer bliss.  Not knowing how to cook or keep house appears to have been no Read the Rest…