Savoring life in the Berkshires
It’s not unusual to feel like everything begins again in spring. Today, I taught from inside the school building for the first time since March 2020 and it went surprisingly well. The weather has also improved recently, I’ve gotten both my vaccine doses and I cleaned out my closet by removing all the clothes that…
At the risk of repeating myself, I really feel like I’m struggling to get my act together lately. I know many folks are in this situation: frustrated with being home all the time, missing going places and seeing people, dreaming of sunshine and warm days. February is never a great month, but February doing Covid…
For me, 2021 may be all about being deliberate, but it has been such a struggle for me to get menu plans written and posted. The actually plan writing has improved somewhat since last fall, but those plans have felt repetitive and uninspired. It’s also been a struggle to motivate myself to sit down and…
As far as 2020 theme words go, I could have done worse than picking “embrace”. I did a lot of embracing last year – I was able to spend more time with my kids than at literally any other time in their lives. I finally embraced my role at work because I couldn’t imagine taking…
I think nearly everyone’s relationship with their kitchen and cooking changed this year. Many, many folks found themselves in the kitchen more than ever. I actually found myself in the kitchen less than I would have hoped. Parenting two kids was never something I was worried about, but I obviously didn’t anticipate a lack of…
Long time no see! We’ve had CSA pick ups each week since my last post, I’ve planned menus and we’ve eaten good meals, but I was totally incapable of getting a blog post up. But here we are! This week was our last main season CSA pick up. There was some concern about whether we’d…
I published last week’s menu plan so late last week that I don’t feel like I have anything to say! Things around here are pretty stable and uneventful. We’re working to make the most of the beautiful fall colors and pleasant weather because, obviously, it isn’t going to be around forever. Slow Cooker: Easy Crockpot…
Last year one of the reasons that I never got around to making turnovers (before giving birth 6 weeks early) was the daunting task of making puff pastry. Can you make turnovers without making your puff pastry from scratch? Certainly. But for my self-imposed Relishments Bakes challenges, I like to do as much from scratch…
