Outside: wind and rain.
On the stove: two pots. One boiling chicken for tonight’s Chicken and Dumplings, the other with the rest of the chicken and some vegetables for stock and Chicken Noodle Soup later on.
Open on the table: three lovely cookbooks. The Joy of Cooking and The Art of Simple Food, both on loan  from [...]

Heirloom Tomatoes from our CSA, egg bread baked this morning and timed to come out just before lunch, lettuce from our own garden, all-natural bacon from Trader Joe’s . . .
Yeah, that works.

Sometimes cookies are the only possible answer.

I think we all feel a little better now.

Help; I’m buried in produce! Ok, not really. But I do have an awful lot. Because of the cool, wet season so far, the farmers from my CSA are in a bit of a pickle producing a lot of the regular items that would be perfect for any regular hot summer. Instead though, the greens [...]

One week, seven days, 168 hours. SO. MUCH. STUFF. Seriously, I feel like we’ve had so many activities in the past week. This is the condensed, “Best Of” version.
We start with Sam’s field trip to a local farm, which happened to take place on his birthday. I think he might have thought the whole thing [...]

I hope you are all have a beautiful, wonderful, happy holiday. We’ve driven around to see the lights. We’ve left out cookies. We’ve read ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas. Shhh…but Santa has already come tonight:)
Hubby is currently wrapping my gifts, which gives me a few moments to share this with you. We all remember “What’s [...]

You guys are not gonna believe this. So I get a comment from Cheryl a bit ago telling me she’s just tagged me for a meme. And I’m like, “Yeah, meme sounds good. I was going to post tonight anyway and was kicking around a few ideas but am not really committed to anything yet. [...]