Living and gardening in an older Hudson Valley home
Bread week, of the current season of The Great British Baking Show, featured a signature challenge of focaccia bread. A signature challenge is one where the bakers are asked in advance to take a traditional food item and give it their own twist. Of course the signature challenge was won by an Italian, Giuseppe, who […]
It is nearly November and still the garden is yielding vegetables. While the number of things we are gathering from the garden is small in comparison to the bounty of late summer we are enjoying those few things still available. Small black tomatoes, rosemary, sage, basil, chives and hot peppers have gone into seasoning wonderful […]
After nearly three years of not getting on a plane and almost no travel, I went to Germany. When you put this into the context that I had some years where I was traveling at least 75% of each year, to not go anywhere was…..a luxury! A luxury I had some trepidation of giving up. […]
Dear friends from Colorado, Gayle and Bruce, stopped by for lunch on Sunday. An out of the way stop on their journey home from a Saab convention in Albany, NY. I have never owned or even driven a Saab so I do not understand the appeal of the Swedish car, but Saab enthusiasts revere the […]
Often it feels like Winter hangs around longer than it should. This year, I know this was the case. I compared photos of our yard from one year ago. The plants are blooming 2-3 weeks later than last year. There was some snow left in the yard, from a large pile, just two weeks ago […]
Outside the wind is howling fiercely, the sun is shining brightly, the temperature is hovering around 19 degrees fahrenheit, with a wind chill factor of 5 degrees, snow lies everywhere on the ground, just as it has since our big snow storm on February 1, 2021. Late winter is always tiresome, like a guest who […]
Valentine’s Day is a fun day. Who wouldn’t like a day synonymous with chocolate! Like most holidays, we learn the Valentine’s Day traditions as children. A day full of hearts, love, well wishes and sweets. It isn’t practiced in all countries, but it is firmly rooted in my life. Going back 100 years, I have […]
Earlier this month, Ingeburg passed away, at the age of 89. In the Episcopal church we include in our prayers people whose lives are closely linked with ours. Ingeburg’s life was linked to mine, and while this might not be the usual post, I wanted to write about her. Ingeburg was the aunt of my […]
What a difference a year makes. While sitting in church on Christmas Eve this year I recalled my experience the year before, in 2019. Then I had waited outside St. Thomas’ church, on 5th avenue in New York City, for over an hour in the cold – just to ensure I would have a place […]
We all wallow in the past. This year, 2020 is the consummate year to look backwards. The COVID pandemic has made us long for the past and wary of our unknown future. No where is this more evident than in the anxiety everyone has about Thanksgiving this year. Thanksgiving is a nostalgic laden American tradition […]
