Easter Baking
Despite my griping on Friday the Easter baking went well. Three ham pies and three Easter breads were baked and (hopefully) will be enjoyed this week. The Easter breads I did at home, with an assist from my beloved Kitchen-Aid…
Friday 5: Assimilasian
Happy Friday, which is also Good Friday, National Coffee Cake Day, and National Beer Day. It’s been a pretty good week all told. The New Jersey Devils are going to the NHL playoffs and if they win on Saturday they’ll…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 Wk 14
March Goals – how did I do?
On New Year’s Eve I decided not to make resolutions, but instead to make some personal goals for the year. Nothing unattainable, just some goals that I can take smaller concrete steps toward each month. Here are my goals for…
TNP’s Austin Conference
I’m back from Austin! Well, I’ve been back since Thursday but I’m finally recovered and went through the process of resizing photos. I’d blog a lot more often if I didn’t feel compelled to include a photo with each post….
Wordless Wednesday 2023 wk 13
Friday 5: C1IN9E8M6A
Happy Friday, which is also National Cocktail Day, National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, and most notably, National Cheesesteak Day. It’s also the day before I travel to Austin, TX for TNP’s Big!Annual!Conference which kicks off on Sunday. I’m my usual…
Read in 2023: Two Magical Realism books
I try to read all genres of books but I do have my preferences. I enjoy nonfiction, summery beach books, some fantasy, some romance, scant YA. Not deep fantasy, not murder/torture, not dystopian. But a genre that’s caught my eye…
Wordless Wednesday 2023 wk 12
Angry Man Farm update – tomato and pepper sprouts!
Today is the first day of spring — we made it, friends! The sun is out longer and even though the winter was mild, there’s a hint of warmer weather in the air that is exhilarating! Let’s talk about the…
Friday 5: Backspace
Happy Friday and St. Patrick’s Day, which is also very coincidentally National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day. It’s the perfect day to check on my 23andMe account to see how Irish I actually am. I grew up believing I was…
