Patty White launched Perfume Posse in 2005, and we've been yapping on and on about perfume endlessly since.
Summer in the Midwest is always so strange. We start out either blistering hot or freezing cold. This year we got lucky – a cool ‘real’ Spring meant I got to enjoy the gorgeous lilacs that abound in this area – older than my parents, those bushes kept their fragrant The rest, please…
sooo….y’all know where this is going, right? It’s Spring and a old woman’s fancy turns to digging things up and moving them around – I mean, really? I didn’t look at where the sun hits when I planted a big blue hosta? Really? I’ve only been gardening for 50+ years, The rest, please…
So! My darlings. I. Am. An. Idiot. But you knew that! This particular idiocy is Weather Foolishness…and hey! Guess what? It does involve perfume. So let us begin this sad tale. I have a large garden. And I haz chickens. And the Polar Vortex and the weeds and the pee The rest, please…
Just got back from a crazy trip to Des Moines. All because of this: ? My entire world revolved around this little guy. They hadz it in Des Moines. I haz it now. I iz verrra verrra happy (so is Bruno, who got to ride all over Iowa today). But! The rest, please…
Well, I’m not really a ‘blue lady’. I’m just exhausted with work projects (YAY!) and a little scared for my baby boy (BOOOO!) . Bruno is blind as a stump. Again. We tried to step him down off his meds but his immune system said ‘whaaaaaaat?’ and kicked up a The rest, please…
Well! You all know the Midwest suffered through the worst Winter in (my) recorded history this past year, right? After not one but TWO Polar Vortexes ..with deadly cold draping itself over us like an icy dragon…Nature decided to reward us with a real Spring. Warm days become coolish nights, The rest, please…
Most bakers will tell you..making light, plain baked goods is significantly more difficult than making heavier pastry. An egg too many in a dense chocolate cake? You can always ‘fix’ it with a ganache or buttercream. But …sponge cake? Sables? You’d better have the best ingredients and a deft hand The rest, please…
