After six and a half years of parenting, we have finally trained the girls not to wake us up on Sunday morning. It’s taken a lot of work, including some moments that I’m not entirely proud of. (for example, “Get Out! Too Early!) I am not a good waker-upper on the days that I’m supposed…
caramel applesauce
Canning is not a solitary process. In fact, I think that two is even too few for a morning of canning. I think three is better, or four, or ten. The first time I canned I was with just one friend, and we cried together over the stove while the temperature of the August kitchen…
apple bread
Of all of the fruit picking that we do around here, apples are my favorite. Quick, shady, and cheap- for these reasons, I pick numerous times over the course of the fall. Only with apple picking do I get a fulfillment of my expectations of how the experience will really be- a nice brisk walk…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 