Kid in a Candy Store

August 24, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

Of all the things I’ve inherited from my father– the brown eyes, the curly hair….probably the most prominent thing I’ve inherited from him (and now passed to my daughter), is a passion for chocolate. We crave it. We adore it. We pout a little […]

A Lavender Feast

June 18, 2012.Reading time 11 minutes.

Me feeding one of the little baby goats at the farm of The Living Kitchen If you’re me and your luxurious evening out to a fine dinner with your husband and good friends starts with feeding a baby goat, then you are thrilled. Because good gracious, these babies are practically tap dancing across […]

Postcards from the weekend

April 29, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

Just peeking in to say hello to you from a Sunday afternoon. Hope you’re having a good weekend. I think I’m finally getting over this cold I’ve been fighting with for the past several days, and things are getting rather bloomy around here. On Saturday I tried a recipe–well maybe more ‘method’– that […]