Grain Cleaning, Posole, & Some Gratitude
First – my favorite moment this week, for which I am so grateful, amidst turmoil and our whole family being really sick:
Standing in the twilight drizzle, feeding the chickens with Ella, watching her gather weeds for them, and “read” them a story about bunnies.
I hope you’ll forgive me for mish-mashing a bunch of things together ...
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the weekend
Hope you’re enjoying the weekend, folks. Here, I’m trying to get over a serious case of the crankies (seems to be making the rounds at our house – hmmm.)
We are . . .
sending out some love to family and friends (and you too – Happy Valentine’s Day!)
Loving this book, which arrived from the library just ...
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Candlemas & Spring Purging!
On Tuesday, we celebrated Ben’s birthday. As you may remember, we’re a big fan of birthday pies around here, and so at Ben’s request I made Pascal Rigo’s Caramel-Pecan Chocolate Tart, from our favorite American Boulangerie. With the help of my, um, assistant pastry chef Ella (just don’t tell her she’s not the main chef), ...
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