Small Moments of Great Reward

 It was quiet and moist and foggy this morning. I walked out to dump the kitchen scraps on our neighbor's compost and a shimmer in the p...

 Earlier this week, I cut off a soft portion of a late tomato. It has broken open—the tiniest of breaks—and was weeping gently, so I sliced ...

I see that in writing about my August food expenditures, I did not even make predictions about September.  As it turns out, September food d...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, comes at sunset tonight. Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the High Holy Days, eleven days of self-reflec...

  "Every replete tree was first a seed that waited." Hope Jahren, Lab Girl  I love Lab Girl and have read it twice. But this post...

Blame it on the maple syrup. We're not big maple syrup consumers. We only use it on pancakes, and maybe, maybe , I make pancakes once ev...

Yesterday's post was not a teaser. Truly. It was the best I could do after almost an hour of staring at a blank screen.  Last night War...