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 […]
Procrasti-Crafting
Procrasti-Crafting I’m Procrasti-Crafting. I have no idea if there is such a thing. I have a looming deadline for the next step of book three, and yes, I’m Procrasti-Crafting. A week or so ago, Tom Conway, a pie camper from years ago, posts on his Facebook page, “Tom, step way from the craft table,” with […]
White Bean Soup Recipe
White Bean Soup Recipe I don’t consider myself a writer. A home baker, yes–but writer? Well, that has come as a big surprise. When writing Art of the Pie, I had no idea what I was doing. I thought one handed in a sheaf of recipes, went to some photo shoots, and then everything would […]
National Pie Day Dec 1
National Pie Day Dec 1 I know we may just have finished up all the leftover TDay pie, but guess what? Today it’s National Pie Day Dec 1. I know, I know. There are a lot of Pie Days. Today is one of them. Of course, just about every day is Pie Day in my […]
Calendar for Kindness
Calendar for Kindness Dearest Friends, I hope you won’t mind me posting twice today, but I just learned about this wonderful calendar and thought that you would like to know about it, too. It’s from the website Action for Happiness and December 2019 is Kindness Month. The website shares these words, “The festive season should […]
Head Wear
Head Wear When I bake, I do not like getting hair in my work. Inevitably it does on occasion happen to all of us, but seeing a hair in a filling or dough does not spark joy in my life in any way. Those who have been to Pie Camp will recall that I cover […]
37 Years
37 Years That’s how many years it has been going on…the Thanksgiving Potluck that I attend…37 years and counting. That’s more years than I was old when I started coming to it. Duncan was not quite two years old. He’s nearly thirty-three now. I’ve not come to all thirty-seven of the gatherings. I’ve probably missed […]
10 Things I Am Thankful For
10 Things I Am Thankful For 1. My family and good friends. 2. My health. 3. Knowing how to make bread and soup.