Savoring life in the Berkshires
Sometimes a CSA pick up is just like the grocery shopping joke: “I just spent $100 at the supermarket and I didn’t get anything to eat!” Though I definitely ordered food to eat from this week’s pick up, the items I chose were much more snack and side dish focused than things I’d use as…
One of my current goals – especially because it’s summer – is to start posting again regularly. For a variety of reasons, it’s such a struggle to find an occasion when it seems appropriate to be writing a post. As a result, this menu plan isn’t for the coming week – it’s for the week…
s’mores at my parent’s house a visit to Portland Head Light Maine Beer Company pilsner lobster buoys at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath succulents at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Maine blueberry, shallot, lemon zest and ricotta pizza from Brickyard Hollow Brewing Company in Freeport the view from Ocean Point, East Boothbay…
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…
