Hiding Where's Craney? Where's Daddy? (Note: Michael was playing motel-room hide-and-seek with the kids--and it took them strangely ...

Every time I go to update the blog, the cat has doubled in size again. Which means that I should update more regularly. Next time I write he...

Hello! I have wanted to write with the links to new recipes on family.com. But then Birdy was home sick all week. The poor girl had to spend...

I will write a real blog update soon. But if you're thinking about Haiti, and I know that you are, I wanted to mention that Partners in ...

Stuffed Hello, dear ones! Have your holidays been marvelous? Ours have been. Except for the overeating. I go on a clementine fast every day ...

Angels We Have Heard on High Can you believe we're already seven sausage slices into December? What? You don't have a salami advent ...

Cranberry Sauce Oh, happy Thanksgiving, dear ones! I am thankful for your company on this journey. So, so thankful. I am also thankful that ...

Well, hello there! How did it get to be the second half of November? Birdy just now said to me, "Wow, soon it will snow because it will...

Hi guys! For some reason the new column is posting on the home page this week. But you can find it here , where you will see many frightenin...

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...