Oh, you are lovely. You are. Thank you for your kindness, and for offering me the comfort of being known . How sweet that is. It is indeed ...

We have a cord of wood waiting in the driveway. We will stack it and then we will burn it. Every year, at this moment, the wood strikes me a...

Menace to (Clothespin) Society Dear ones! Please do visit over at family.com, where there are a couple of useful recipes. One for my dad...

Bartering, Peach Jam, Conjoined Twins Ask and ye shall receive! Herewith, over at family.com, the peach jam recipe . Even Michael makes this...

You say tabbouleh, I say tabouli, let's call the whole thing off. Okay, let's not, even if you spell it "tab...

A quick note from Ma Ingalls before the long winter sets in Hello, hello! It has been so long, and so much has changed, hasn't it? The l...

Dwindle I am not sure how it's been so long since I updated here. Just as I am not sure how it is that when you try to buy your kid a ne...

Summer, Finally Thank you so much: for the clam shack recs (Bob's in Kittery! Awesome, Kiki, thanks. And, Karen, the Clam Shack in Kenne...

We interrupt this quinoa special with a word from our sponsor, The Bacon Lady. I know, it's a little helter-skelter...

Baby Doll Hello, hello! How patient you've been. We are in full summer mode around here, which means our annual trips around the great N...

Ranch Dressing and Father's Day My ranch dressing recipe is up over at family.com. Which has nothing to do, not really, with our celebra...

There is an excellent recipe for ribs over at family.com: it takes a long time, but it does this quite independently with almost no hand-ho...

June Hello, dear friends! I hope this Tuesday finds you well and happy. I am writing with a couple of new food columns over at family.com. I...

More Spring! The spring is so fully here that it is starting to be gone. One evening our dogwood looked like this: And then in the morning, ...

Asparagus and Salmon New recipes are here and here. You guys were so funny and nice about Ben's Mad Lib. I read him some of the comments...

Six and Nine Do you ever come upon little things that just so perfectly capture who your children are at this exact moment? Like this cozy l...

Books Okay, I am late to link over to family.com, so let me start there. Whole-wheat Pasta with Chickpeas and Lemon. This is one of those r...