We’re at the very end of December, arguably my favorite time of year. The special padding of time between Christmas and New Year’s always feels like a bonus week that moves extra slow. I really savor it. I spent most of December working & baking. I really thought this holiday season would be different because … Continue reading
Today I had the moment every mother fears. And then blames herself for. We were finishing up at the market, getting ingredients for tonight’s final dinner (read: I had a goal to make dinner four Mondays in a row). We were putting back V’s little play shopping cart that Whole Foods lovingly provides and she … Continue reading
My intention of the day was to spoil V with lots of attention, because I’m going to be gone a lot this week. We decided to go play at a nearby farm/pumpkin patch, and spontaneously met up with a dear friend I haven’t gotten to spend time with in so long, and her son. We … Continue reading
Today was the second Monday in my “make dinner four Mondays in a row” goal! I’ve been thinking about what I would make today for over a week. I wanted to make something that felt like a treat, but with much better ingredients. My daughter loves French fries, but we never give them to her … Continue reading
The last time I attempted to roast a chicken, C and I were newlyweds and we realized it was raw after we had carved it, and had to put it back in the oven. I never got over it and haven’t even dared to touch a whole chicken since. But I’ve been really goal-oriented lately, … Continue reading
Happy Friday! My husband got up for work this morning (he gets up like, super early everyday) and normally I barely budge, but I wasn’t able to go back to bed and so here I am! How have you been? Honestly, this has been a growth season for me, and by “growth” I mean d-i-f-f-i-c-u-l-t. … Continue reading
I’ve been wanting to make my own kombucha for a very long time! I actually began a batch late last year – I grew my own SCOBY (that’s a symbiotic culture of bacteria & yeast, for the newbs) from scratch and had transferred it to sweetened tea and was just days away from taking my … Continue reading
I wrote in Small Life, Slow Life: Becoming Hippie-ish, Part 1 about how I’d gone crazy for fermenting things and was even making my own sauerkraut. Since then, said-sauerkraut has come out from its ferment-y dark place and was totally delicious! I hinted at the end that I’d tell you about the time I gave … Continue reading
How have you been? It’s been pretty busy around here. Lots of work, and in my free time I’m editing a manuscript (not my own – that would mean the cows had come home[!]), and I’m also preparing to give a speech this Sunday on my experience with the whole Fukushima earthquake & nuclear thing…to … Continue reading
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