Return with me now to the Land of St. Honore’. It’s August and Amy is writing in her journal: “Dear Diary, I’m so excited I could spit! My b...

August might be a hot month in this area, but it is also the month when the harvest really starts to come in...corn, tomatoes, summer squas...

I was having lunch today with some women friends and one of them asked me how I manage to to so many things...blogging, working, watercolor...

Not only are the apples ripe early, but the pears are too. They are usually ready to be harvested (hard and green) in early September. If y...

Summer hearabouts often means waking up to a gray day. It bothers some folks, but I love the fog. A foggy morning means the day won't g...

Although the true days of fall are still far off, in this area we start apple season in August with the Gravenstein apple. It is an old var...

Sweetie and I enjoyed a meal a few days ago at a restaurant that was once in Santa Rosa and is now in a roadhouse on the highway on the way...

Last time I was at the local store that carries a gazillion variations of Bundt cake pans, I saw one with a pattern that has lots of stars....

“You’ve got to make something spectacular for dessert!’, the Captain said to the cook as the winds abated at sea in that corner of the Land...

It is always tragic when the world loses a vibrant, creative, caring, talented person when they are still young. If you are younger than 30...

Sometimes the best tasting food is not the best looking. Some of my favorite salads look like a mish mash of ingredients, held together by ...