June Blooms
New rule! I am tired of writing “my older son,” “my younger son,” etc. Henceforth my spawn shall be known as “Aidan,” “Sebastian,” and “Gemma,” in birth order, to make […]
Category Archives: Downtown
Salad Days
I think I’ve eaten more salad this past week than I have in a year. That’s what happens when you’ve got tasty greens in the garden that need to be […]
Inviting the Wild In
This week we have some new “pets”: My son found a caterpillar in the doctor’s office parking lot last week and brought it home. He made it a habitat in […]
Soggy May Days
It’s raining, again. Luckily, the rain held off most of today, and we were able to go to the farmers’ market and the playground, and I got a lot of […]
Watch Your Step
April continues to have it in for me. Monday night, I was coming down the stairs in the dark, to tell my oldest to come upstairs for bed. A few steps […]
Winter Harvest, Spring Seedlings
Busy week! Half-days for the kids every day except today. A doctor’s appointment that was canceled, then rescheduled, then attended, but which ultimately was a waste of time (daughter wouldn’t […]
Things Besides Food, and Also Food
I feel like everything I write lately has been about food. So I will try to save the food news for the end of this post. In saving-money news, we […]
All Things Juice
Who else is watching The People Vs. O.J. Simpson? I love it. I guess it’s been so long since the trial now that there is a lot I’ve forgotten, so […]
Grecian Peaches
I have a little extra free time this week, so I’m writing a little more than usual. Last night I sat down and tried to work out on paper what […]
Snowed In
The Blizzard of 2016/Winter Storm Jonas has come and gone. I’m still not planning on going anywhere today; waiting for the sun to melt my car out. We were able […]
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