Sure, sometimes they wish I'd just buy the Halloween costume but in their guts they know they have a mama who loves to make things for them and in their guts they appreciate the work, …
Before I write about tortillas, I want to begin with: Like many of you: I am juggling making a living/making change/making art/making a grocery list/making senators listen/making out/making beds/making time for the people I love/making eye contact/making …
Amidst the: Salad every night, snacking on sun-warmed peas, all those green tomatoes wiggling bigger every day... Bouquets of mint, oregano, chamomile, dill and lavender drying, waiting to season the winter's tea and soup... Are the flowers! I …
I looked through my photos to find an image for a friend a few mornings ago and saw all the folders of photos and words I have that I had intended to document or turn into something …
I'm embracing these days as they shorten, darken in anticipation of the winter solstice and the certain, subsequent lengthening, brightening. I find such comfort and joy in these predictable earthly rhythms that encourage human ritual. Nature …
We spend the cold months shut in our home, fire blazing, puffy coat layering, soup eating. It always feels like a miracle when we can leave the sliding glass door open all day, the scent …
I seem to remember (I say "seem to" because my memory is sometimes quite imaginative from when my kids were babies) people telling me - as I nursed one daughter, made peanut butter toast for …
One of my most frequently asked questions is about our use of essential oils. I am learning as I go here (and obviously not a medical professional) but thought I'd share a bit about our …
So enough of you have asked that here I am doing a wee canning tutorial. And wow, it took a few weeks get it up...canning is a lot of work but then documenting the process …
I am officially combining my writing efforts here on dig. The bug blog felt right until recently when I began to feel that the things I write about, ramblings about my life, can't be separated …
In between high heels and lipstick, I have always held a whole lot of hippie close to my heart. I tried to carry full-on hippie style in high school but it just didn't pan out …
Oh my oh my. We have baseboard. We bought our house five years ago after, for ten years, it was a quintessential college boy party bach pad. The yard was compact dirt and every wall carried …
