We have just returned from a three-week-long trip West. All five of us left home June 26, and drove up to northern New Mexico where we left the Prof and Jack at a Boy Scout Ranch on June 29 for a 12 day backpacking trip. The little boys and I tooled around New Mexico, Utah,…
Cookbook Series – Part Deux
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is the cookbook du le semaine. The cote de poc sauce neuette was quite indulgent, and quite easy. The signature on the front cover of the cookbook is Susan Miller, the Prof’s Grandmother’s sister, apparently. Our son’s middle name is Miller. As someone noted in a previous comment, older…
Cookbook Series!
First: a visual representation of why I barely get to write here anymore: Every time I sit down to write – or, well, do anything – my little friend sprawls his limbs across my full length and displaces my book/laptop/sewing/whatever. These years are fleeting, so I let him, but that means creativity sprouts, flowers, and…
Sunday Morning Meal Planning
I am a hibernating bear, ensconced in blankets on the couch from now til spring. This is an impulse I always have this time of year, and Omicron has exacerbated my worst tendencies. I once met some folks from Buffalo at a wedding who talked about loving winter because they adore snowshoeing, snowmobiling, etc. etc….
Saturday Morning Meal Planning
Spending the morning trying to get motivated. Things to do, but the couch is cushy and blanket is warm and the latest Louise Penny novel is so fun. The children are pawing through the last pile of unsorted Christmas presents next to me. They should be putting them away but they keep getting distracted by…