Walking around a Farmer’s Market will often teach you something new. Whether it is a new vegetable, fruit, meat or condiment, there is usually something that is out of the ordinary. I found...
I just had an epiphany. I was reading through a list of how to become a better blogger and my mind went to how glamorous and exciting life seems for many of the people I follow online and in podcast land...
Time goes so quickly as you get older. As I was conceptualizing this post and thinking back on last year, this all feels like it just happened. So I Googled. I found a fascinating paper titled, Age Effects in...
Sonia Delaunay was the inspiration for Love Art, Happy Life this week. I must say, I was a little daunted by this one, not because I didn’t like it or because I didn’t feel it was worthy, but more...
When my grandmother was younger, she would make and freeze the our family’s favorite soups and serve them to us when we came to visit. She has since moved to an apartment with a much smaller kitchen and...
Last month I shared my first go at homemade beef jerky. In preparation for our trip to Maine, I explored other options with the Island Spice Marinade. A.D. and I are fans of Jerk seasoning and I am...
I spend a lot of time in the garden, strategically removing plants from one area or another. Weeds. But in reality, there is no such thing as weeds, they are just hardy, misplaced flowers. Dandelions and...
This past year my last living grandparent moved on and it was the first time I took an active role in the sorting of a life. I guess it is a rite of passage in some ways, as it makes you feel different...