Mercifully, the heat wave of two weeks ago is a distant memory.  I’ve heard so many Seattle folks praise the rain and grayness lately.  We are funny.  As much as weather is cliche small talk, it makes sense why we’re always returning to it. We are all subject to the same thing, and none of [...]

Yesterday was a hard day.  Yancey was gone for 24+ hours on his first firefighting shift (which went well, by the way), and I guess the kids and I weren’t ready to be yanked out of vacation mode.  I know I wasn’t, anyway.  And I felt lonely.  Also, impatient. Especially with Loretta, who was a [...]

Love of nuts runs in my family.  You may have noticed I’m not shy about them.  Our friend Richard (Mary’s other spouse) always makes fun of me because I once put in Mary’s recipe book, “Never underestimate the power of nuts.”  He thinks that’s hilarious.  It is a little hyperbolic.  Okay, Rich. It’s funny.  For some reason, [...]

In this blog’s short life, the most-attempted recipe might be Dara’s Oven-Dried Tomatoes.  Something about those struck a chord, and I know a few of you are on your second or third batch.  My friend Angie posted a comment wondering what to do with the puree that’s left after the canned tomatoes are drained.  By [...]

I know this looks good, but first things first.  First you have to go to the Your Stories page and take a look at Jordan’s preserved lemons…
Have you done that?  What the $#%??  Do you believe that photo?  Last week, I neglected to mention the creation of the Your Stories page, where I hope to feature exploits [...]