Ken-Do Attitude
Embrace the colors, flavors of fall
Are you ready for autumn’s burst of color? October dazzles with leaf and berry colors as Virginia creeper, maples, oaks, aronia, cotoneaster, fothergilla, hollies and many native plant varieties present us the spectacular shades...
Sweet Simplicity
Try to fall into good habits
My favorite season of the year is here and once again, despite my vow to not overextend my schedule too much, I have once again done just that. Do you feel this way too? I feel like I work more and play less — and my down time...
Gardening Tips
Purple cone flowers are friends of butterflies
October still has enough warm days for many late fall herbaceous perennials to bloom, and one favorite is the purple cone flower (Echinacea purpurea), which has daisy shaped flowers that have a spiny center cone that is...
Antique Discovery
Antique Discovery ‘Road Trip’: Visiting Eastern Shore graveyards
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the owner of Black Cat Curiosities, an online antiques research and sales venue.) few days ago, on an overcast, gloomy morning, I made a trip to a local cemetery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to...
