Just before Easter my son and daughter-in-law surprised us by announcing there would be a new grand-baby coming in October! Once they’d left Darrell smirked, “You do know that you Continue Reading →
Let me preface this post by saying that I’m not attached to grand prizes or blue ribbons. They’re fun to win but they’re not the reason that I enter the Continue Reading →
I was born into community. When my family gathered at my grandparent’s house for homemade pasta dinners, the place was jammed. That meant anyone who had not reached adult Continue Reading →
Panettone is an Italian sweet bread with a bit of a legendary past. My favorite story credits it to a baker named Tony who created a special loaf in order Continue Reading →
Throughout my blog posts there’s a theme of practicality. I’m rarely a sentimentalist and when romance gets sappy it tends to make the hair on my neck stand up. Even Continue Reading →
We have a new puppy. Milo. From the first moment we saw his little floppy ears and heard about his rescue from South Carolina, we knew he was meant for Continue Reading →
With the busy-ness of the garden coming to another close, my first impulse is gratitude. There’s a deep satisfaction that rises up when I count jars of salsa, peruse our Continue Reading →
If you’ve checked out My Story with Bread then you know that while tending my mother through her journey with dementia, kneading became a mindful practice that in many ways Continue Reading →
Years ago when I lived in town I was out walking the dog when I noticed some red raspberry vines growing through a fence and trailing nearly out to the Continue Reading →
One of the perks of being a teacher is that in the summer everyone else in the house still goes to work so I have the farmette all to myself. Continue Reading →