Small Moments of Great Reward

We had our first hard frost last night. Sitting at breakfast, I could see that the mums on the back deck were frosted. Grabbing the came...

A few posts ago, I mentioned that I had pending posts that I hoped to bring to the light of day soon. Well, several weeks later, they are st...

Fall is deepening around here. Most days are crisp, most nights are chill. We may have a frost this week, there may even be a little snow...

The Symphony opened its 35th season last night in a most spectacular fashion, but that is not what this post is about. Saturday was also the...

My friend Cecelia, whom I absolutely love (and who blogs here and is one of the bravest bloggers I know) put the bag on my desk a little o...

I knew I was approaching this milestone in blogging and had been turning over topics in my head. I wanted my 400th post to be something trul...

Back in August, I started the following post: Canning is a messy business. Over the weekend I canned a batch of salsa, only seven pints, a...