Kathryn Vaughn
January 24, 2017
Want to know how to raise chickens in your yard? How about making fossil stepping stones, your very own garden trellis, or a painted garden canvas? Learn how at the Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point. There are dozens of classes and teachers who are really knowledgeable to help you out. […]
January 15, 2017
When Joe first came home with us—28 years ago—he would sleep through every winter. Half the time, I worried that he had just died, but after five years of still waking up, I stopped worrying and made sure his tank was very clean before he went to sleep. When he started to stay awake, I […]
December 29, 2016
It is always fun to get for Christmas what you wanted, oui? As a woman who does pourovers for coffee and drinks several cups of tea a day, I have wanted a Chantal Mia E-Kettle for a long time! It was a merry Christmas for sure when Gregg, that darling son, wrapped one up for […]
December 15, 2016
When I first moved here from New Jersey, I used to get such a kick out of the yellow signs, like the one in the picture. They are so friendly! When I told my family about them, they didn’t believe me. (They didn’t believe there was a store called Piggly Wiggly either.) But once I […]
November 30, 2016
Downtown Stoughton’s ‘Shop Small’ was a huge success last weekend! It was so great to see so many old friends and have so many new people visit! You should visit Stoughton again this weekend for the Victorian Holiday Weekend for food, art, live music, and other events. I’ll be there both Friday and Saturday with […]
November 3, 2016
We all had a really nice time at Jim Dettinger‘s memorial celebration. (I did a home-decor project for Jim and his wife Laura not long ago.) Laura (in the back, on the left) was just radiant, and such a gracious hostess. Her Jim was such a unique guy, and we will all miss him so much! Rick and Gail (back row right and […]
October 20, 2016
There is still time to get your “Every Day Light” calendars (with pictures that took me three years to collect) of Stoughton. A wall calendar is $20.00 and a desk calendar is $12.00 You can scope out all the photos and/order your calendar by going on my website, www.KVNwriter.com. I made a point of finding […]
October 4, 2016
I don’t have a garden where I live now, but I have not forgotten how much fun it is to see those spring flowers after the long winter! In the past, I have planted literally thousands of bulbs, ordering a lot of them from Holland. They would send them in time for planting. It was […]
September 22, 2016
We are sooo lucky to have the biggest locally sourced Farmer’s Market in the country. I only got to go once last year, so I have been making up for lost time this year. Yes, it’s fun to hear street musicians, take great pictures (Ebert’s Flowers, pictured at the top of this page, always wow […]
September 12, 2016
If you missed me at All Through The House earlier this month but are still interested in getting my new 2017 “Every Day Light” (scenes of Stoughton) wall and desk calendar, you can contact me at my web site, kvnwriter.com, or stop by the SPROUT Gallery in Cambridge. Linda just refilled her stock with both! […]