I recently discovered Macrina, a great little bakery and cafe up on Queen Anne. Running past it at 6am I would peer into the window at the bakers hard at work, the smell of fresh baked citrus oatmeal scones, challah bread, and lemon lavender coffee cake drifting from the doorway. Now that I know about [...]
 Taite was totally thrilled to go work this morning at the local Farmer’s Market with Marge Winkler. She got to wear an apron, greet customers, take money, extol the virtues of kohlrabi, and drink peach smoothies. Even though we are having another scorcher day of 100 degree weather, when it was quitting time she [...] 
Yesterday was the hottest day in history for Seattle. And we lived through it. But just barely. Freyja was miserable, laying on the floor, rubbing her head, babbling in her baby talk ”hot, hot, hot”. I went to the library only to find all the librarians fleeing out the back door, with sign on at the front that [...] 
Today is our eighth anniversary and it is usually I who forget not the day but the month. For some reason I always think we were married August 28th. So I told Eric if he ever forgets our real anniversary of July 28th, just hold off a month and I’ll never know the [...]
I have this propensity to buy Jello. There’s no reason for it, no one in our family likes it but I remember my mom having a stash of it which I think she never used either, so I always thought I should have a collection too. I have one recipe, from my grandmother, that calls for [...]  Caitlin and Frejya getting their morning excercise Our amazing breakfast!
My (ever-changing) work schedule has now landed me with all my mornings free and I’ve found it’s actually pretty amazing what you can get done in a morning if you get up early. Just the other morning Cait and I got up at the crack [...] The evil spell was broken, and it was magical. The sun shone. Andrew and I looked at each other and said, “We are blessed.” Seventeen of us trickled in to two forested camp sites on Friday, all related in one way or another. David is our first son-in-law’s sister’s husband, Matt is our second son-in-law’s brother [...] So… We go camping this weekend and I just know it will rain because well, because it always does. The minute I get there, all I can think about is what might I have forgotten and when will the storm clouds move in. This is not simply unreasonable pessimism. Let me explain. One time when I was [...]  This past Mother’s Day I got my mother a gift, but I did not get one for my mother-in-law. More than anything, I knew my mom would want a gift certificate. I spent most of my child-hood making her crappy but cherished little gifts, and I’m pretty sure she has more pot-holders and wreaths than she’ll [...] NPR is bad for my blood pressure. So to lower it, I spent a couple minutes looking for a good bumper sticker that will probably get me rear-ended every time I leave my drive way.
I always flip to the back of a book where it gives a paragraph summary of the author, packing an entire life of the author into one paragraph tells you a lot. I like reading between the lines. In a few words he or she has to tell you the most important things about himself and [...]
For a long time I was into reading the classics like Shakespeare and Homer and all the books I didn’t read but should have. Lately, however, I have really enjoyed discovering new and still living authors and new titles. I’ve listed books I’ve read for fun, food, and theology. I [...] Do cheapskates have more fun? I’m not sure, after my day of errand running for all those little things that never make it onto the shopping list and always get forgotten. I’ve tried to get into the habit of reading my receipts in the car before I leave the store. Just to make sure I didn’t [...] Happy 4th of July! We has the most delightful 4th. We headed to Seattle where Caitlin had planned out our whole weekend for us. It included a trip down to Pikes Place and an interesting tea shop on Friday. Then on Saturday we took the ferry to Vashon Island and stayed at a house for the day that was [...] “When we are asked why eggs turn to birds or fruits fall in autumn, We have known people who did not allow [...] We’ve been up in Lancaster for a couple weekends recently which has given me the opportunity to make jam from the strawberries and most recently, the black raspberries that were in season. I’ve always loved preserving produce but, like most people, I don’t make time to spend hours in the kitchen canning, and living in the heart [...] |
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