I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2025. May all your dreams come true in this new year!

I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2025. May all your dreams come true in this new year!

After a long walk in the autumn woods, there’s nothing better than Beef Stew cooked in apple cider eaten around a campfire.
Let’s prepare our vegetable garden and flower beds for fall and early winter. From soil care and mulching to planting cool-season crops, these garden prep tips will keep your plants healthy and ready for spring.
A heartfelt reflection on grief, friendship, and the power of small acts of kindness, featuring a meaningful digital gift that brought a little light during a difficult time.
Tomorrow night I’m serving my version of the Van Tassel feast that Washington Irving wrote about in his famous spooky story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I’m serving ham and cheese hand pies, roasted chicken in a pumpkin, spiced peach cake, and to accompany it all I’m also making my favorite spiced pear chutney.
Although September is here, it’s not too late to wallow in the end-of summer-feels with movies that embody this end-of-summer/bittersweet vibe.
The weekend is finally here, and tomorrow night I’m making dinner before we go on the Clifton Haunted Walk. And this year, I’m making a Beef & Butternut Squash stew. Yum!!