Oh, my beautiful girls.Oy.This week, I bought Sadie a pair of new jeans.I rarely buy new clothes for the girls. My 13-year-old sister (who never spills anything on anything) passes all of her clothes down to Sadie (who spills everything on everything), and then Rosie gets the dregs. Rosie is okay with it, as long…
how to freeze kale
Six kale plants.A six-pack of kale starts will run you about $2.50. Kick in a little more for a bag of compost and you’re on your way.Those six plants can be packed into a tiny garden bed in the spring. Nurtured. Watered. Even sung to, if that is how you roll.They will start to feed…
what to do when the jelly doesn't set
I thought that we’d go through the jelly making process here, in case it is a new one to you. Except this time- with this recipe, I didn’t end up making jelly at all. I had to confront the moment and figure out what to do when my jelly didn’t set. The day comes for…
how to freeze corn
I’m relieved, because of course I love them, and I’m glad to have them home and all that. But really, honestly, I just don’t know how I would have shucked all this corn by myself. Rosie has recently inherited Maia’s little ipod shuffle, and Maia loaded it up for her with Lady Gaga and Abba…
melissa clark and her artichokes
Yesterday I had a surprise visit from my friend Hedley.Since the last time I saw her, she has traveled through India and moved to Pittsburgh, and although I have regularly mourned the loss of Hedley and her sweetheart Zoe from our daily lives, I didn’t recognize it fully until she appeared and I felt a…
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