Mums Orange Salad

Hey Posse. Ages ago I was asked for the recipe to my Mums Orange Salad because I was talking about Annick Goutal’s Nuit Etoilée on A Bottled Rose. I’ve never known anyone to make it before and have no idea… Continue Reading

Basil, Biscuits and Biding My Time

Each morning when the sun rises high enough over the mountains to hit the front of my house, I set my pots of rosemary and basil on the sill of my bedroom window.  Each evening I pull those sun-drenched pots… Continue Reading

New Year, New Snow

January – greatest month of the year, amirite?!?!?  No?  Me neither.  Now starts the slog to spring, which … is even longer here in Santa Fe.  In Washington DC (which just had a big snowstorm), spring starts busting out its… Continue Reading

Crafty Folks

I’m not super-crafty and I’m always interested in / amazed by folks who can make things, including really complex things, and how they wound up there.  Did they watch a show about glass-blowing on TV and decide to heed an… Continue Reading

Small Blessings

Years ago, after my split from he-who-shall-not-be-named, the kids and I got busy and established some new holiday traditions.  The kids (not unreasonably) hated our fancy, formal Thanksgiving, so I chucked it.  We had a sit-down family meeting – there… Continue Reading