A 50th birthday is always a milestone. For some of us it's a reminder of a January day 50 years ago and a bright bathrobe. She has had m...

Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Day in the United States.  As with many things these days, there are folks who will honor his legacy o...

This bread is similar to the last one I posted. It starts with cooked grain...in this case oatmeal. The cooked grain is cooled, then mixed w...

Well, we've reached the last day of Christmas. You don't know what I mean? Ah, yes, modern society has almost done away with the Wis...

 Many of us feel a rush of new energy with the coming of the New Year. I know I usually do. Still, resolutions seem a bit restrictive of thi...

 

The family is here for Christmas, so R and I did some cooking and baking together...something we enjoy. We had ham for Christmas Eve dinner,...

 It's mushroom season. We actually found a few poisonous red capped mushrooms under our oak tree last week. Pretty to look at, but that...

It's been quite a year for produce from the garden. I grew potatoes for the first time and was successful with both heirloom Bodega Red ...

Hard to believe that we are a week into December. Seems like Halloween was just yesterday and then, Whoosh!, here we are less than three wee...

Over the years, especially since the pandemic when we did major upgrades, we have had visitors now and then who stay in the farmhouse. With ...

Sweetie and I were blessed this evening with a visit from our middle grandson and his sweetie as they made their way back home after spendin...