Blog Mulberries I could make it to where my bedroom once was and find the ashes. They were layered into the exact shapes of my papers and books - but now I'm writing about mulberries. We harvested them when they were ripe and talked about what I would make.
Blog Easter Baskets It was because of the gaggle of children that flocked to my house most afternoons. It started with only two but then three others joined, though not yet as regularly. With Mai and Völund in the mix we had seven children. All wanting to play and all wanting to run far away.
Sun Showers Rain and thunder, lightning and wind - the kind that cuts through your coat and leaves you shivering as if you are naked. Raindrops that pound instead of plop and light that blinds instead of dazzles. Soaked to the core, unable to see four feet in front of you,
Blog Spring Break 2026 It was some time after Christmas that my friend Darlene mentioned that she would like to take me up to her favorite mountain some day. I don't think she was expecting the some day to be so soon, I even surprised myself, but I absolutely wanted to go.
Blog A Proper Pot Pie It could have taken me hours to put this meal together but instead, I made something that tastes like it came from grandmas kitchen on the farm, with the ease and convenience of a meal delivery kit in Suburbia. That's the kind of cooking I'm talking about yall!
Rendering Chicken Schmaltz + Eating Cracklin Rendering Chicken Fat (Schmaltz) After you take the fat and skin from the chicken, you need to cut it into uniformly small pieces. I was worried mine weren't small enough but I think they were just right. I'd say about 1/2 to 1 inch pieces.
Learning Old Tricks I feel a bit smug when I write a clever sentence but to say I've been "on a journey" is cliche. Everyone already expects what I'm about to say next. My self satisfaction in writing the perfect hook is doomed.
