This morning, Sadie woke us up pretty early. She had set up little bowls of dye from a kit scored from the dollar store earlier this week. She ran into our bedroom, jumping up and down, chanting, “Can we dye eggs now?”We rolled out of bed, and she continued to dance around us as I…
apple honey oat snack
Because I can’t stay away too long, I am here for better or for worse. I have left the dishes in the sink. The uneaten broccoli and cheese is on the table, and the girls are tucked into their beds reading, or in Rosie’s case looking at, their semi-repulsive American girl books. I know they’re…
tools from the bazaar
I’m really back now. The details of day to day life require my presence, and I mean really require it, so I’ve stopped leaving pots and the stove and daydreaming of little cups of Turkish tea. I’m moving at full speed. Which, I admit, is not that fast. There is a lot to keep up…
apple rhubarb pandowdy
I like a thing that can reinvent itself with confidence. Sometimes, it just doesn’t work out to be what you set out to create. The day gets messy, and dinner gets abandoned for something altogether different. Or a career seems all laid out, and then a little person decides that your career will actually be…
way better than it looks
I only give you this photo because I feel that I must. But skip over it. Make this even though it looks gross. Just taste it. Taste on anything, but my favorite these last few days is atop a bagel and cream cheese. Good on bread, good on a little slice of radish, good on…
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