Dear Readers; Would it be too forward of me to tell you that I love you? That I wish I could slip into each of your homes this holiday season and put a little something under the tree, or on your Yule altar, or just set it on your kitchen counter next to your unwashed […]
Archives for November 2015
Thanks Giving
As my daughter grows, I can shelter her less and less from the pains of the world. But maybe by unleashing her sorrow, one more heart will be free to look for peace. “Can’t you take steps any bigger than that?” Saoirse asks as we make our way down the hill on the dogs’ morning […]
I am not sorry.
For Halloween this year, Saoirse dressed as a flapper. Ula dressed up as a vampiress from Venice. I went as Frantic Mother. I’ve worn that costume for over a decade now. But this was the first year I actually realized I was clothed in it. It was early October when I finally started to figure […]
Making Neighbors
Is it possible to stay neighborly if they’re detonating explosives next door? Don’t move to Upstate New York if you can’t abide the sound of gunfire. This time of year, it reverberates across every ridge top and echoes down every valley. It blasts out from the next field over, and the next porch over. I’m […]
Where does eternity go for supper?
In the death that signifies the end of the growing season, I wondered if I would ever know forever. Then I met it for dinner. Until it’s time to carve the turkeys, I work almost completely alone on the day of the community turkey supper. Bob is madly cleaning the house for some out-of-town guests […]
Buckwheat-Lard Pancakes
Did that get your attention??? Pancakes are a rare treat in our house, but the morning after the West Fulton Turkey Supper, we pulled out all the stops in celebration. And while it is historically understood ’round these parts that buckwheat makes the BEST pancakes (and hey! It’s gluten free!), it has long been forgotten that […]