Hello, dear readers! I don’t know what it’s like where you are but it’s mostly been in the 90’s here in Northern California. It doesn’t exactly beg for any heavy eating. No. It asks politely for a light meal and here’s where I turn at least once during each warm season to an old favorite [...]
Posted on August 8th, 2010 by Kathryn
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Dearest Readers,
Today was a special and very important day in my life here in Northern California. Over twenty years ago I removed myself from the intricacies of life in Marin County, where I largely raised my daughter Antonia, and, essentially, “Mom moved to the country and got a dog”. Dream number one realized. And it [...]
Posted on July 21st, 2010 by Kathryn
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old red rose
Today I am choosing to celebrate the first day of summer by focusing on the singular beauty of individual flowers. Technology remains a mystery to me, so I’m not quite sure how I arrived at these images. I only know I felt a strong urge early yesterday morning to get out my camera [...]
Posted on June 21st, 2010 by Kathryn
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tiny prayer flags recently gifted to me by a new friend
Oh, my goodness, dear readers, this is One of Those Weeks. I bet it is for you as well. Am I right? It began with the news that a beloved aunt had very quickly turned herself toward heaven’s door and that event, like a rogue [...]
Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Kathryn
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This winter I introduced the idea of a Brownie Recipe Contest, the winner receiving a copy of a Chronicle Books recipe book I was reviewing, Luscious Chocolate Desserts. Many thanks to those of you who submitted recipes, which were far more varied than I could have imagined. A cousin sent one in with cayenne in [...]
Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Kathryn
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Dearest Winter Body,
You may have noticed the buds abounding in the garden. Yes. In spite of the chill temperatures and days and days of pounding unrelenting rain, spring is moving forward with its blessed perennial plan. I’m sure you’ve seen the signs. The crocuses next door. The quince in the back of the garden.
The volunteer [...]
Posted on February 7th, 2010 by Kathryn
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Pumpkin bread just prior to baking
Setting up the Best Brownie Recipe Contest taught me something I did not know. Far fewer women are baking. How could that be? I began this post by looking at what baking is, precisely. Here’s what wiki told me:
Baking is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2010 by Kathryn
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Thank you for the world so sweet.
Thank you for the food we eat.
Thank you for the birds that sing.
Thank you, God, for everything.
Amen
Love and bountiful Thanksgiving blessings,
Kathryn xoxo
Footnotes: Photo Sea Currents courtesy NOAA; Photo Grain in Sun courtesy Frank Grisdale (Visit highly recommended!)
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Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Kathryn
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Some of you might recall that I recently made a trek out to the coast to retrieve an abundance of apples from my dearest friend Conny, who is off to South America for the next two months, rendering her impossibly able to take advantage of her own harvest. Happily and ever so gratefully I gathered [...]
Posted on October 10th, 2009 by Kathryn
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Quiet tears of joy ran down my face this morning in happy little rivulets as I opened my email from Nazir Sabir. We all have been patiently waiting for this moment for months! Prayers were uttered frequently that it would at last be so: the nearly 100 scarves we all so lovingly knitted and crocheted [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2009 by Kathryn
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