Sunday Chat – Garden and Books

A foggy morning last week gives the early hours an ethereal quality. I like the silence it brings as even the birds take a pause from their daybreak choral performance. The Japanese word shinrinyoku for 'taking a forest bath' again comes to mind. The filtered light has a soft quality. These turkeys came by on …

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Cooking, Books and the Bird Quilt

On the veranda, the parsley survived transplanting and I'm already using the leaves in dishes. In fact, I have been actively looking for dishes that will highlight the fresh flavor they give to meat entrees and vegetable sides. Turning the pages in the World in a Skillet cookbook from Milk Street (now on sale for …

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Sunday Reading and Book Reviews

I usually take a book with me just about everywhere I go. I can get a few pages in while waiting for My Sweet Babboo to get something from the hardware store, or while waiting for my grocery pickup order to come out. I like to read in the early morning quiet as well, and …

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