Veggies and Dip Wouldn't it be funny to put out a huge bowl of whole root vegetables with your dish of dip? Just to see what people woul...

Sweets for the Sweet Okay, so I can't resist telling you that in the print edition of December's Wondertime magazine, there are seve...

I just spent 17 or so minutes trying to photoshop this picture so that it would look like I was on a wild ride with Barack Obama, because I...

Tofu Hello! Thank you all for your ongoing support, even those of you who are offering it only grudgingly or with great, sighing crankiness....

More News from the Campaign Trenches Birdy: "Instead of the whole big election, couldn't they just do eeny meeny miny moe?" Me...

And the Winner Is. . . corrie71, who wrote simply, "My cats inspire me to relax and enjoy life more." No. I'm kidding. It was ...

Thank You You guys are the best. Truly. I knew I could count on you, but really. . . Especially given that so many of you are, it turns out,...

Change Dear ones, as some of you may have already noticed, my Dalai Mama column over at Wondertime.com is shifting from a bare-all chronicle...

Common Sense From a story on the current Times homepage: "It's not the first time the embassy has urged U.S. business travelers and...

Birdy's Question "If Obama wins the selection, will she get to live in the lighthouse?" That's what we're hoping, sw...

The Little Column that Couldn't Okay, it's our last hurrah: we're off to Wellfleet . If you're on the Cape, look for me, oka...

Preserving So there I am, just scrolling around the Lehman's (aka How to Be Laura Ingalls Wilder if She Had Been Amish) website, looking...

Zucchinews Dear ones, I knew I could count on you! I am compiling your recipes, and will report back as I try them. All those casseroles are...

On t-shirt skirts, not being a control freak, etc. Hello, dear friends out there! I hope you are well and that your stems are strong in this...

Putting the "pill" back in "pilgrim". . . Hello, dear friends! I'm mad, because I wanted to write a long, languorous...

THOSE ARE MICHAEL'S TOES (Not that mine are such paragons of loveliness, but they do have something a little less Hobbit-like about them...

Toes My latest wondertime columns are here , here , and here. Did you think that maybe I'd drowned in my neti pot? Do you think that e...

Kerchoo. Dear ones. The only excuse I can think of for my delinquency is the fact that my body's every drop of fluid has drained into my...

Ode to Dr. Seuss and Powdered Buttermilk I don't mean to brag and I don't mean to boast, said Peter T. Hooper, but speaking of toast...

Cusp Season Here's how I know it's the season between seasons: I wrote about posole just a mere couple of weeks ago, but by the time...