The rain arrived, September changed the cooking list overnight, and I am seeing a friend this weekend for the first time in far too long It has been raining, and cool, and I am grateful for both. The circle and the trees have been droopy and sad-looking after a long hot summer. This week’s rain…
Hello friends, it’s Friday, though I suspect you don’t need me to remind you the weekend is almost here. It’s still hot, as it is in many of your towns too. Don’t let that get you down. Light your fall candle, drink your pumpkin spiced latte, wrap yourself in your lightest cashmere in the air…
 Butternut squash recipes, cider pot roast, three great reads, and the articles I can’t stop thinking about Life lately has been…a lot. I have to be honest, it is hard to show up here every day and know what to say because it feels like lately there has been a series of life changing events…
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Comfort recipes, three fall reads, and a few good things as summer turns the corner It has been a week. A long, heavy one, and I will share more when we talk on Weekend Meanderings. For now I am home, which is where I needed to be, and I am happy to be back. Labor…
Recipes for the table, three books worth clearing your schedule for, and a few things making this last stretch of summer better. Summer is slowly winding down, although you would not know it from the weather. This week, sitting on the porch after my morning walk, I heard a school bus rumbling down the road…
Recipes for hot days, three books worth your time, and a few things making this week better. There is something about a fresh haircut and color that puts a spring in your step, and I will be the first to admit I am always a little trepidatious walking in. My stylist has a talent for…
Three corn-forward recipes, three books worth your time, and a week worth being grateful for First, I want to say thank you. Your prayers and kind comments this week meant more than I can say. My MRI went well, though getting the contrast in was another story entirely. Several attempts, a bit of a mess,…
Five deer who come twice a day, summer heat I am officially not dwelling on, the Nordstrom sale, three recipes and three deer I am in love. With my new family. A herd of five deer who have been coming to visit every morning and every evening at dusk for the past few weeks. A…
Summer corn recipes from bloggers I love, three books for the season, and a weekend with two birthdays to celebrate Friday again, and it’s the start of a busy weekend. Today is my sister’s birthday, and Saturday is my niece’s. Two parties, what is not to love about a weekend celebrating two amazing ladies? It’s…
Three summer savory recipes, a few good books, and everything else on my mind this week. It’s Friday, friends, and it has been another busy week. We went from celebrating America’s 250th birthday to a week with the grandkids, another birthday, another reason to be completely happy and exhausted at the same time. It is…
Three savory recipes for the Fourth, three summer books, and a week that was equal parts wonder and worry. What a week. I am not sure where to start so I will start where I am sitting, which is at my desk looking out at the backyard, where there are baby bunnies doing nibbling at…
Three summer recipes from bloggers I love, three books set in France and Cornwall, and a week that held both grief and joy It has been a hard week. I mentioned last week that my niece’s father-in-law was in hospice, and he passed away on Wednesday. The strange part about it, about any of it,…
