Fava Beans and Sugar Snaps in the ground

When I walked out into the parking lot after work yesterday, a flock of robins landed in the grass and the wind had slowed to a breeze. I smelled spring on the air, warm and tufted. I knew just what I would do the minute I got home. After I dropped my bags inside, I [...]

Not quite spring

Spring is going to ramp up pretty quickly around here, I think. We sorted through the tomato, pepper and eggplant seeds last night after dinner and plan to get them started sometime this week. But the Fava Beans, Lima Beans and Peas haven’t made it into the ground just yet, because we got more snow. [...]

Homemade oat and honey granola

I have no idea why I have been forking over between $5 and $7 for organic, too-sweet, too-many ingredient bags and boxes of granola for so many years—granola that tastes, in a word, meh. I guess I didn’t realize how easy it is to make the perfect blend of just exactly what my family’s palate [...]

Chocolate Stout Cupcakes to die for

More cupcake awesomeness happening over here. I wanted to do something yummy for St. Patrick’s day to bring to work. Corned Beef and Cabbage? Not cubicle friendly by any stretch of the gastroimagination. Beer might help, but is probably not allowed. Sweets are always appreciated. Then I saw this post and knew I had to [...]

The Able Hands Photo Project

It took a few days longer than I expected to announce my new project, but did you know that it’s really hard to take a picture of your own hand in action? Especially when you don’t know how to use the timer function on your camera (or if there even is one)? Really hard. I [...]

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