In mid-June (the summer is positively whizzing by: I’m finally getting to this post on the last day of July) I decided that berry picking is the perfect antidote to…
Our rhubarb patch is enormous and steroidal and glorious. Here’s what we’re making with it in addition to my favorite fruit crisp: Rhubarb Salsa (courtesy of my friend John S.)…
We’re harvesting! Arugula, spinach, mustard greens, many varieties of lettuce and radishes for copious delicious salads.We’ve also been sauteeing a lot of baby kale and gorgeous mustard greens. Everyone: grow…
April Dazzled! Technicolor greens and yellows abounded and now in early May, the tulips are up, and flowering trees beckon our gaze: weeping cherries and magnolias, hawthorne and redbud, and…
As a writer, teacher, observer and citizen of the world, I cannot go on blithely writing about gardening, cooking and living without addressing the horrific events in my nearby Boston.…
We blog to tell our stories, meted out in little bits and mini chapters, and to remember- even hardships and challenges because there’s value in reflection and retrospection. We blog…
It’s hard to believe that the month is almost over. Today it is profoundly soggy out and I am dreading the prospect of taking my little island dog out onto…
For the last two weeks, I’ve been taking my iPhone to the woods every day when walking the dogs, excursions I’ve dubbed as Polaroid walks. SnapItPhoto app, how I love…
I promise at the end of this essay is a recipe. This particular entry was begun at least ten days ago, making its content now seem like ancient history; but…