We Need Brownies Brownies Sweet moist and dark I crave them I want them You know you want them, too So without further ado Here’s my recipe for you
One Car Family
One Car Family That’s what it feels like right now…the days when families had but one car. There was the scheduling of who needed it…for work, for errands, for recreation with the kids. That last one was mainly on weekends and in the summertime when we got to go swimming at the motel that belonged […]
My Days Are Full
My Days Are Full Right now I think a lot about how I might reinvent myself to restart a cash flow once we get to the other side of the virus. But it doesn’t stop me as there is lots to do. My days are full of cooking, baking, weeding and planting. It’s a rhythm […]
Pie Camp for Pi Day
Pie Camp for Pi Day! As you know, I have been teaching Pie Camp for over eleven years. The many folks who have bellied up to my baking counter, over 4000 now, and the number of pies that have been made by pie campers at camps, not to mention all the ones they make when […]
Tips for Staying Clean and Calm
TIPS FOR STAYING CLEAN AND CALM Hello My Friends, I sent a version of this post out to my email list last night, so if you have already received it, I apologize for the duplication. But, if you haven’t, I thought I would post it here as well. Each day is bringing us more news […]
Greek Beef Pie
Greek Beef Pie There was a Greek coffee house and restaurant in Santa Barbara called The Plaka which opened in 1971. If you lived there for any length of time, you may have even spent an evening there enjoying its delicious home-style Greek food, and the hospitality of the owner George Alexiades. Once every evening […]
Shifting Gears
Shifting Gears Can be it really be two months? Two whole months that you haven’t heard from me? Well, I did need a break to catch my breath after writing book three, but when my brother texted me earlier this week telling me that one of his friends who follows me asked “Is your sister […]
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 20TEENS
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 20TEENS Winter is a time of retrospection. Not only have I been thinking about the highlights of 2019, I’ve been thinking about the entire decade. It has been quite a ride, this decade and all the ones that have come before, and to tell you about all of it, well I would […]
2020 New Year and New Decade
2020 New Year and New Decade Lest old acquaintance be forgot…I mean post… here is a reprise of a post from 2016 with a few old traditions that I do at the end of each year to bring in the new year. For 2020 that will be a New Year and New Decade! On New […]
Winter Vegetable Shepherd’s Pie
Winter Vegetable Shepherd’s Pie Winter. One of my favorite seasons. Well, all of the seasons are my favorites, but for different reasons, of course. Winter is slower. The fire in the woodstove is good company and warms the house for both me and my four-legged family. Days are shorter. Nights longer. I put up sparkly […]