Last night, Sadie was Miranda in The Tempest. There were five Mirandas, all equally Miranda-like and filled with wonder. Sadie’s got a thing for Shakespeare, and since she was little she has loved to hold my Riverside Shakespeare in her lap. This was the first play that she has gotten to do, really truly, in…
how to freeze spinach
I’m not going to try to hide this from you. The other day, I ripped out a whole bed of spinach. It was a lot of spinach, and I froze it all, and the whole process from first pick to last sweep in the kitchen took me all of two and a half hours. There…
strawberries with balsamic vinegar and mint
After all this waiting, they’re finally here. Last year there was barely a strawberry season to speak of. Remember the summer of cold and rain? The blight that would never dry out? Although I secretly love a cold summer so that I can keep wearing jeans and drinking hot coffee, I had enough mushy, moldy…
yeah!
Look at my radishes! I grew these! This morning, Sadie hopped into my bed, and said, “Mom? Welcome to June!” I couldn’t resist welcoming you to June too. Oh, and there’s a new mix up today. I hope you like it… download here.
rhubarb ginger soda
Ah, Memorial Day weekend. Starter pistol to the summer.Up here in the Berkshires, Memorial day marks the beginning of traffic, and hour long waits for the pizza place, and a dazzling schedule of thrilling cultural events to which I am either too busy or too poor to attend. A few years ago, our town toy…
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Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 