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The perfect pumpkin bread
I know, I know, it’s an ambitious title. But I’ve working on this for years, and I feel some confidence in the result. My goals were these: pumpkin bread that is a) delicious and b) healthy. It had...
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On Nemo, of course
It’s not like we can write about anything else today. At least, not those of us who live in the 3-foot zone. But it does help to remember a few things: 1. This is one of the few winters where a...
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Resurfacing
You know how when you get sick and worn down, nothing seems significant anymore? And that which does is mostly depressing? Yeah. That’s been the past week. But we’re all starting to get better now,...
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It’s Sunday morning, people
And at our house that means we have room for some of these: Baking some bread (again, from The Italian Dish’s recipe); Watching the smallest among us explore his space and his (distressingly loud) new...
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Our home bread revolution
I am someone who lives in the perpetual struggle between wanting to live frugally and wanting to eat well. There are certain non-negotiables: organic dairy products; decent wine/beer; and until...
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On upcycling, or whathaveyou
I’m one of those people who has a hard time getting rid of things most of the time, because I’m inclined to imagine other uses for it. T-shirts, for example, are CERTAIN to become t-shirt yarn and...
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On wading in: Day 9. Seeing clearly.
There are a number of things that my husband and I are not good at, and one of them is regular household maintenance. He is genuinely relaxed about it, whereas I suffer a low-grade chronic anxiety...
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On wading in: Day 21. Presence/presents.
It’s the oldest pun in the world, but it’s STILL TRUE. Being present yields amazing presents. Giving ourselves the gift of focusing on just one thing, being right there with it, is hard but necessary...
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On wading in: Day 22. The things I’m still avoiding.
It is clear to me that this month has involved a lot more wading into life than usual. It shows up in the games we play with the kids, the conversations we have together, the increased singing, the...
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On eating well.
Sometimes I go through fits of intense fascination with food. It’s grounding and uplifting at the same time; fun to make and fun to eat; beautiful to be both a producer and a consumer of so much...
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On meetings.
I used to have a lot of meetings in my life. From, say, 8 am to 5 pm most days. In fact, we were so busy meeting that we never had any time to do the actual work we were meeting about. Which, some...
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On recovery.
It’s been a long week for all of us, including flu shots and incipient molars as well as a host of other, more significant challenges. Friday comes and we’re pretty much beat. More than beat, we’re...
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On reaping what we sow.
I made the best dinner of all time today: smoked salmon chowder (see Epicurious for recipe; then double most of it, use chicken instead of veggie stock, and add fresh dill). It was freakishly,...
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On the making of goodness.
It sounds rather grandiose, now that I write it down, but I’ve been trying lately to imagine how it is that we make space for making goodness. For making good things, for allowing basic goodness to...
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On differences of perspective.
We all approach the world in different ways; heck, we occupy different worlds, for the most part. Even those of us who live together, who adore each other, and who share, in many ways, similar...
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On zucchini.
This is a dangerous time of year, as Donald Hall reminded us in (I think) String Too Short to be Saved. He describes it as the time of year when you need to lock your car in the parking lot, because...
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