Last weekend, we drove out west for a long-awaited camping weekend with our dear friends from college. We met up in Monterey, Mass., at a state forest called Beartown, and there we set up camp on a lake and enjoyed a weekend of sleeping under the stars, building campfires and other such camp-like activities. Andreas [...]
I woke up this morning to just the most beautiful day I could imagine. My favorite kind of day. Cool and clear and sunny. Slight breeze, bird song. The calm after the storm. What we would have called at camp, a zip-pi-dee-doo-dah day. These are the kinds of early fall days that made me fall [...]
{Photo credit: Smitten Kitchen} I made this cake on Tuesday night. This majestic and moist honey cake I happened across on my all-time favorite food blog, Smitten Kitchen, when I was actually searching for a recipe for applesauce cake. I don’t bake all that often and never on weeknights. I felt a bit like a [...]
Bet you never thought you’d see it happen. The reason for this wondrous occurrence is that the ever-lovely Ms. Pamela Seiple tagged me in a photo meme. Since we all know what a fan I am of memes (and I think this one works well because it’s so simple), I decided to join in. This one, called the [...]
I know fall is only just over halfway through, but something seems to have shifted over the past few days. Gone is that crisp, light fall air. Today, the air is breathless and dry, just waiting for snow. It seems we’ve reached that seasonal turning point, where the next season feels much closer than the [...]
Late last night I found myself in a desperate situation. I was planning to head to my new favorite local grocery store first thing in the morning, but I didn’t have any idea what to make for dinner tonight and thus – no idea what to get. (Not a bad problem to have, I understand, [...]
