Webster’s Second Job
Way before the age of personal computers, google search, and Alexa, my parents provided us with information at our fingertips with subscriptions to Newsweek and National Geographic. Our home’s hallway was lined with bookshelves containing three sets of encyclopedias, and at the “T” juncture at the end of the hallway, a mammoth Webster’s Dictionary lay open like a family bible on an altar!
Southwest Braised Brisket
It’s hard to be inspired to cook when all my herbs are frozen till next spring! I’m used to walking out in the yard and having the herbs speak to me.
Background Music
I think that most people have background music on in their homes, in their cars, and even while enjoying the outdoors.
Plan Now for Beneficial Insects
Most of the frozen perennials are cut back, the compost bins are cooking, and the beds are mulched. So, besides harvesting my winter greens, there’s not much to do in the winter garden, even in Texas.
What’s a girl to do?
Hide and Seek
I don’t know about you, but I thoroughly enjoyed playing Hide and Seek as a child.
Lebanese Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup
I have more Swiss chard that I know what to do with!
The Detective’s Cork-Board
As I awkwardly lurch out of bed and gingerly shuffle to the kitchen to turn on the kettle, I have one person on my heart. I reach for my favorite jasmine tea dn stop dead in my bedroom slipper tracks.
Texas January Gardening Checklist
What to do in a Texas Garden in January is “iffy” business. . . if we’ve had a hard freeze yet, if it’s been a dry winter so far, or if warm temperatures have been persistently stubborn.
Holiday Afterglow
I have to let go of the picture of what I thought it would be like and learn to find joy in the story I am actually living.
What Do You Want?
I can’t believe it’s been three years, last November, since I started sharing these bi-weekly posts! I am humbly grateful to you, my readers, for joining me in this adventure.