Posted by meagan on Jul 25 2010
So, I stole the title from a Bones episode. It’s a good (and true!) title. This last week marked the end of the summer garden. So long, tomatoes, eggplant, squash and cucumber: The only plants left are the melon vines and after I picked the (first)/last one today… ….those vines will be gone as well. [...]
Posted by meagan on May 17 2010
As in content and serene, not down in the dumps It’s been another spell of busyness, but most of it the rote, everyday kind that just isn’t that interesting to blog about. Laundry and folding clothes, mopping and sweeping, watering and pruning, cooking and washing dishes, etc. As I meandered about the house collecting laundry [...]
Posted by meagan on Apr 29 2010
So, I thought I’d do a quick post about what is planted in the garden. Tomatoes: San Marzano (4) Viva Italia (1) Roma (1) Cherokee Purple (2) Moneymaker (1) Green Zebra (1) Black Cherry (1) Yellow Pear (1) Squash: Cash flow (1) Zucchini (2) Yellow Crookneck (1) Peppers: Purple Beauty (1) California Wonder (1) Jalapeno [...]
Posted by meagan on Apr 27 2010
We’ve all been there, right? It’s 30 minutes until guests arrive, or until you’re due at a potluck, and you lift the wooden spoon to your lips to taste the sauce you’re sure you’ve perfected and… Blech. Too much salt. A rotten ingredient. Bad technique. Or perhaps you picked a challenging recipe in hopes of [...]
Posted by meagan on Apr 26 2010
Hey all. I am convinced that accomplishment + a dollop of laziness = perfect weekends. It’s also a seasonally adjusted formula, whereby October through February those weekends must include either roaring fires, hot chocolate or stew, and then March through September they must include sno-cones, frozen custard or a swimming pool. Our formula: Jonathan (Laziness [...]
Posted by meagan on Apr 21 2010
In math class I was always surprised when an equation worked. Like sun + water + soil + seed = Flour + water + sugar + yeast = Or, even, flour + butter + sugar + egg + chocolate = Here are two equations that don’t work: Feline + tree = Feline + birds out [...]
Posted by meagan on Apr 17 2010
I think I have started a new tradition. You see, I love being home on Friday nights. Thursday night is for dinner with friends (and perhaps The Office and 30 Rock). Saturday night is for dates with my dashing young man. Friday nights though? I love to be home. I love to be home and [...]
Posted by meagan on Apr 16 2010
The last few weeks have been a busy few weeks. Our garden has transformed from this: Into this: I took that picture yesterday during the first of what is supposed to be three days of gentle, soaking rains. The skies have been lavender-grey and my floors are moist with perspiration. The house is cool. The [...]
Posted by meagan on Mar 02 2010
Last week I wrote a post entitled ‘Getting Life Back on Track‘, where I made myself plan a 3-Day Calender, no more, no less. The results? It worked! I didn’t do everything at the exact time I had planned, but each day I accomplished all of the tasks that I had set forth. Also, it [...]
Posted by meagan on Feb 24 2010
If you’re like me you have a lot of kitchen waste. My house traffics in leftovers and old vegetables in particular. It’s disheartening to open your fridge and see the waste of not only food, but of money, time and energy. So…what to do? While I don’t have many solutions for leftovers except to eat [...]