A little ways back, Theresa Loe drew my attention to piece I hadn’t seen before, an article for Slate entitled Can It: At-Home Preservation is Ridiculously Trendy. Food writer Sarah Dickerman talks about the “drudgery” of canning and the fervor of tattooed hipsters when it comes to those home-filled jars. And, like Theresa, there was…
When I am alone
And like that, the nights get cold and a new time comes in. The girls are away for a good part of this week. They are on a last hurrah of the summer with my aunt and uncle who take them to a family camp to ride horses and shoot arrows and be in talent…
my favorite
This is it.These last weeks of August leading into the first weeks in September–I could live in this time forever. In New England, the shift always comes in one day. Wednesday, it is summer, and the air is hot, and the fan stays directed at the bed all night. Cooking means watermelon, because who could…
tomato pie
This is the last time I’m writing about tomatoes this year. I’m serious. It’s snowing, and it’s time to move on–I get it. This week I’m thinking about books. Remember books? I think in all this wild and crazy change, it’s good to remember books. Sure, I’ve been plugging away at my own, and as…
pre-frost panzanella
I was not a good sport through the end of both my pregnancies. I was an okay pregnant woman for most of the most of those months, but the last one? Echhh. I’ve known women who sat placidly in their 42nd week. “The baby will come when it’s ready. I’m good. I’m reading novels, I’m…
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