So, if you’ve been around here for a little while, you might remember the unbelievable and somewhat exciting mess that I made of many pounds of tomatoes last year. The question at hand was this: How does one successfully freeze a tomato? I’d had some failed attempts in the past that were horrible curdled tomato…
Rosie's Strawberry Shortcake
There are a few things that I cling to when I am trying to feel like a good mother. Today, both of my kids kept their braids in all day long. Looking at their neat little hairstyles made me feel like a good mother. Last week, they started swim lessons at the community center. Watching…
Rosie’s Strawberry Shortcake
There are a few things that I cling to when I am trying to feel like a good mother. Today, both of my kids kept their braids in all day long. Looking at their neat little hairstyles made me feel like a good mother. Last week, they started swim lessons at the community center. Watching…
the salon challenge
So you want to take the challenge? Here’s how it came about… A ways back, I heard an essay on the NPR series This I Believe, that I just couldn’t get out of my mind. Jim Haynes wrote about his weekly salons, dinners held in his Paris home for upwards of sixty people, all brought…
Home Again, part 2
So I must follow up on this stolen lemons business that I mentioned earlier. This little journey takes place on the final day of my trip to LA. Here is the background:After several days in Southern California, I had worked my way into a very sick and slightly pessimistic mood. My voice was gone, I…
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