Today, I’m 34. Joey gave me a lemon tree, and a good friend of mine had a baby girl. I’m celebrating! Also, I’ve had a drink that’s gone right to my head (I know, I know, never write after drinking, but it’s my birthday!) Part blood orange, part lemon, part honey, and part Maker’s Mark….
the tools that make you happy (a confession and a giveaway)
There are less than two weeks to Thanksgiving here in the US. Again, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO THANKSGIVING! Right around this time every year, I develop what I can only describe as an infatuation with the Crate and Barrel Catalog. They keep arriving, there in my mail pile, snuggled in with all the…
watching the wind blow
I was 8 when the big storm came. We hunkered down, the 5 of us and made a holiday with magic candles and decks of cards, the bathtub full of water just in case. We and the bravest neighbors gathered in the eye to find the biggest boats shoved and placed and dropped onto the…
love
I love your comments so much I want to make a book of them. I want to pin them up on the wall so that I can read them again and again. Thank you for sharing your stories, and your meals, and your love affairs (both failed and long lasting!) Thank you. These last few…
new again
I’ve been meaning to show you this, as it has revolutionized our porch time around here. We’ve had this decrepit picnic table for ages. It came in to replace the old Martha Stewart Kmart “teak” table that simply collapsed one idyllic summer night a few years back. (I don’t blame you, Martha!) We kept the…
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