Our Share of the Harvest

We got snow in October.  OCTOBER!  And, since then, we’ve had just a small dusting.  Lucky for me, I happened to bake for this month’s challenge–a “snow day treat”–on the day we got that dusting.  It was cold and icy and even though I wasn’t the one who had to walk the dog, I wanted [...]

I hope everyone had a terrific and delicious Easter!! I’ve got an extra $34 in my pocket thanks to the cutthroat, take-no-prisoners, all-members Easter egg hunt that my grandparents host (and sponsor with cash and prizes).  I’ve also got 4 of my mom’s chicken salad sandwiches, a plateful of ham and sides from Greg’s mom [...]

I’ve been meaning to post this for over a month but bees and baby showers don’t exactly mingle well with Christmas posts so I got backlogged.  But I was too happy with this shower to let it slide by un-blogged. It was actually a “sprinkle” hosted in honor of the second baby of one of [...]

Fall tends to bring out the warm, mushy side of people.  It kicks off a whole season of coziness, getting together, celebration and giving thanks.  We mammals are hard-wired to seek out warmth during the fall but, unlike our ancestors, most of us have our heat controlled by a little box on the wall and [...]

of course, not the kind you find in any sort of store.  Our CSA is little light on the fruit component so I went searching for berries at the Saturday morning farmers market in Annapolis.   We’ve been so loaded down with veggies, I haven’t been to the market in awhile and I was pretty surprised–the [...]