LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
So, I have this thing where I’m not a big fan of cooked fruit. At least, I have claimed that as my basis for not liking most pies. Now, I’ve come to enjoy berry pies (especially when they include fresh berries), and I’ve always liked blueberry muffins. But recently, I’ve been getting into more cooked…
Now that it’s nearing the end of August, I suppose it’s time for a 2015 garden update. One of the things I’ve learned to love about gardening is how each year is so different. The first few years, I found this very frustrating: what grew well one year didn’t grow well the next. However, I’ve…
Before I get into tonight’s delicious summer recipe, I need to do a plug for our CSA. Did I tell you we joined a CSA this year? CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture — and is basically an association between members of the community and a local farm where you buy into a share of…
This is it. The one you’ve all been waiting for. At least, it’s what I had been waiting for my whole pizza-loving life. Grilled pizza. I’d heard of it, but being a grilling novice I had put off trying it until last year. I’m glad I didn’t wait any longer. Tom is normally my grill…
Garden 2014 I’ve been a slacker on the garden blog this year. Or, perhaps on the blog in general. But fear not: the 2014 garden update has arrived. Overall, it has been a good garden year. I started my tomato and pepper seeds in early March indoors. I did a little test to see if…
Tom and I have always loved camping. One of the things that first drew me to Tom was his love for adventure and the outdoors, and one of the things I appreciate most about our relationship is being able to share those sorts of experiences together. From annual camping trips to Manistee (Tom’s been camping there…
I’m growing chipmunks now!! Gardening is hard. Every year I am learning new things, but it also seems that each year presents new challenges. My first year of gardening, the bunnies ate all of my peas. So, we put up a fence, and I had not seen the bunnies back until this year. The fence…
This past weekend, I got the chance to reconnect with an old friend of mine — we were best friends when I was in elementary school, living in Texas, but it had been about 10 years since we last saw each other. She and her husband (who I’d never met) came over for dinner this…
Summer is in full swing, and you know what that means: it’s berry season! I’ve actually made it to the farmer’s market the past couple of weeks, and they just started offering blueberries there. We had some friends coming over this past weekend and I wanted to make a fun summery dessert, and I thought…
If you’ve never been on a cruise, I’ll tell you that it’s a very different sort of vacation than anything else I’ve done. Last week I went on my second cruise. The first time I was twelve. So, needless to say, this experience was a bit different, but every bit as much fun as I…