Savoring life in the Berkshires
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing in this corner of the internet for over 10 years. I’ve been posting on Relishments since the final week of 2008 – longer than I’ve been married, lived in the Berkshires, or held any job. Writing Relishments may be one of my greatest life accomplishments. If nothing…
Getting back on the menu planning train last week was definitely the help I needed. The more I think about decision fatigue, the more actively I want to avoid deciding anything. I’ve felt much less frustrated in the evening and much more interested in making dinner now that there’s a plan. There’s not much else…
Earlier this month, I shared my 2019 words of the year: rest and community. This year, to help me better live these words, I want to get some education and perspectives around both of them. I’m sure I won’t get to every book on the lists below (I have read all the articles!), but I’m…
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Eisenhower Matrix over the past few weeks, as I continually seem unable to get to any of the things I want to get to. I have really good intentions – to clean my house, to write blog posts, to develop recipes, to work on projects – but I…
This is the fifth year that I’ve chosen a word to guide my goals for the coming year. I find words much more flexible and interesting than a list of resolutions. My 2018 word was cultivate. It was a somewhat last minute choice (as opposed to some years, this year included, where I have my…
This post was inspired by C.G.P. Grey and the Cortex PodcastThis post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Relishments. There was a time when technology-related posts were part of the spine of Relishments. Recently, that hasn’t been the case – in part because I haven’t been writing any posts at all – but the…
Generally speaking, 2018 was not as remarkable a year as 2017. My daughter was born at the end of 2016, so 2017 was a year of transitioning into parenthood. In addition, I began a new and very different role at work. There was a lot of change in my life. 2018 was more about going…
It’s a snowy, cold, gross day in the Berkshires, but it’s just the kind of weather I needed to get me to sit still for a minute and post this menu plan. We’re officially between CSA seasons – the regular season share ended last week and our winter pick ups don’t start until next week. …
