I blame the food porn. If it hadn’t been for the saliva-inducing photo of those profiteroles stuffed with peaches and whipped cream and drizzled in caramelized sugar, she’d have just made a pan of brownies. I’d have made it through a lot more emails and caught up with the bills, and the kitchen wouldn’t have […]
Cafe closed ’til Nov 16
Our family is enjoying a much needed vacation! Upon our return we have our work cut out for us to button things up for winter, welcome Kate’s new baby and prepare the cafe to re-open with a new menu and new hours because… We have our conditional approval for our beer & wine license! […]
Any Day Now…
“Zig. Zag.” I enunciate the words clearly in the kitchen as I squeeze the dressing bottle to demonstrate how I want the aioli drizzled over the fresh greens. “Ass. Hole.” Dad shoots back, snatching the bottle and splurping random squiggles, dollops and swirls across the salad he’s dressing. At least he’s wearing his […]
Watch Shannon prepare this Saturday’s special: Old Fashioned Chili
#Hashtag This#
I don’t do snippets well. I’m pretty adept with snippy, as my cafe regulars often remind me. But the language that drives social media — concise, artful, quippy — eludes me. So do the visuals. I think in essays and full-length books. This presents a challenge as I work to communicate with the next generation. […]
Algebra Tears
This morning, I’m crying over the algebra textbooks. Not for the usual reasons folks cry over algebra. My hands press into them, as though by pushing down, I can hold her here. Like this. With me. Always. The reality that I’m letting go of my oldest child now shadows my days constantly, even though she […]
Tocqueville Meets Theater Geeks
“I’ll only do it if you’re doing it.” “I’ll only do it if you’re gonna do it.” The dialog between Saoirse and Bob has played over and over in our family for the past six weeks, like one of those Instagram boomerang videos. They’d been trying to decide whether or not to audition for the […]
This is what it can look like.
This is how it can feel: [INSERT FEELINGS OF VAST EMPTINESS AND DESPAIR HERE.] …..When The Radical Homemaker Blog goes silent. In the height of the growing season. When busy-ness is at its peak. And you need a moment to breathe. And remember what […]
For the Love of Learning
“And she home-schools!” This is the tag line I’ve most often heard attributed to my list of accomplishments when people are favorably introducing me or my work. Some folks mention the farm, some mention the books and essays, some mention the letters behind my name, and others mention the fact that I make the best […]
How do you sell this?
I peer through my bifocals at the book on the table in front of me, then at my computer screen. Next, I squint down at my iPhone. I’m trying to understand the difference between the feed (it’s actually called just “Feed” in Instagram lexicon, the book explains), and the story (is that just “Story?”). If […]
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