Made From Memory

Okay, friend. I promised you another “make it from memory” easy dish. This is basic, feed the family, weeknight, life-in-a-pandemic, use-what-you-have cooking. No fancy ingredients. Easy steps.

Hopefully, your family liked the last one – one of our family’s standbys – an easy-peasy Burrito Bowl recipe. This is another one-pot, truly easy meal – using […]

On Planting Pansies

What a weird Spring, friends.
This weird hasn’t been totally unfamiliar to me, though. This season has felt an awful lot like a season four years ago. It’s so like the weeks and months leading up to the first day of Spring, when we watched my Dad’s life on earth end. Living in palliative care […]

On Blue Monday {+ A Gift For You!}

Today is Blue Monday. “Experts” say that a day like today is when all things crash together – post-holiday credit statements, gloomy weather, and spring still being two months out. The Christmas/New Years cheer has gone and some of our New Years resolutions have also gone with it. For me, this year it’s the […]

My 2019 Christmas Gift Guide

This year, I’m (once again) working on simplifying my Christmas routine. Most of the gifts I’m responsible for have already been purchased. I’ve picked up some of those snacks and foods that we only eat over the Christmas holidays (with long expiration dates), the house is starting to look cozy, and since I’m almost […]