Not wanting to make a trip into town for supplies, I made chili with stuff I had around the cabin. Writing it down for future use as it was super easy and MMM, MMM GOOD! * 1 pound of ground beef or turkey * 3/4 cup diced red onion * 4 heaping tablespoons of Mrs. … More Easy Chili
Interviewed on PRX’s “Out of Bounds” with Tish Pearlman. Loved this interview because I got to talk a lot. Heh. Listen here.
Hour Children is a non-profit dedicated to supporting incarcerated women and their children. Its founder, Sister Teresa has been nominated for a CNN Heroes Award. The group is also applying for a grant, so I wrote a little note taking a quote from my book and part of my blog entry Life is Fun to craft something … More Hour Children
For those of you with high testosterone levels, move along, there’s nothing to see here but more crafty, decoratey stuff. For the rest of you, here’s an update to my earlier post about my Mason jar addiction. It’s August, which in the Catskills means it’s campfire season! We had our first last night in the … More Firestarters & Cabin Bedroom Wall Before & After
For readers who like home improvement, arts & crafts, before & after stuff, I’ve updated my Rock House photo set on Flickr and have tried to arrange them to show the progression from the day we got the keys (January 4th, 2011) to now. .
Appeared on The Moth podcast for a story I told at a Mainstage Show in Saranac Lake. Listen on iTunes: Kambri Crews: A Blind Ear or on TheMoth.org’s Feed.
I’ve always fancied myself a bit of a sleuth. In the mid-90s, during my days as a big shot banker, I collected on multi-million commercial dollar loans. To hunt down debtors, I searched all sorts of public records. The internet was still fairly new and most documents were not available online. I became somewhat obsessed with … More A Wrinkle in Time
I need an intervention to cure my mason jar craft addiction. In addition to turning a tiny jar into a sewing kit, I’ve made two mason jar match holders (simply stick a bunch of matches in a mason jar and hot glue some sand paper to the circular portion of the lid. But be sure to … More Step Away from the Mason Jar!
While rifling through boxes recently, I found a little “time capsule” I’d made myself the summer I turned twelve-years-old. I’d read the suggestion in a magazine and haphazardly filled an empty stationery box with cards, letters and handwritten notes on what movies I’d seen that summer and the current retail value of my library’s inventory. … More Media Maven
At my book launch party, Nichelle Stephens gave me a yummy little cupcake in a jar. I thought the jar itself was so cute, I hung on to it figuring I’d find a use for it some day. And the day has come! Mindy Raf told me about buzz feed’s 41 things to do with mason jars which … More 5 Minute Mason Jar Craft Project
Kambri Crews 