“In the Kitchen” is a series celebrating the family table––the food we eat, the spaces we inhabit, and the people with whom we share it all. Each...

“In the Kitchen” is a series celebrating the family table––the food we eat, the spaces we inhabit, and the people with whom we share it all. Each...

Although I love sharing and receiving gifts for special occasions, my favorite gifts are the ones shared for no reason at all. Don’t you love...

There are a thousand thousand reasons to love this life, everyone one of them sufficient. ― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead drawing and listening to an old Sheryl Crow...

Rolling beeswax candles is perhaps one of my children’s favorite activities for the home, a task that needs tending more often in the autumn and winter...

A small bundle of fresh flowers for the home can be water for the soul, especially in these late summer months when the temperatures soar...

I regularly have people ask me how I plan our family meals, and also how I include the kids in the kitchen. I’ve been working on a small...

When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such...

[metaslider id=11930] Today marks the beginning of a new month and a long holiday weekend here. We’re packing up again to travel and visit family,...

We didn’t plant a spring garden this year, minus a few yukon gold potato plants (which we’ve already harvested) and a handful of herbs. The spring felt...