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Garden to Plate: Radishes
by Krista | Aug 24, 2014 | Winter
“What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.” Nikos Kazantzakis Tomorrow morning I begin a Writing Hibernation, tucked away in my office as I head into the home stretch of finishing the...
A Week on the Farm
by Krista | Aug 22, 2014 | Winter
It is cloudy and cool this morning, dark and quiet, and I'm smiling because we had a bit more rain in the night. The world smells good and fresh and alive. Bear is pottering in the kitchen making us toasted egg rolls for brekky, and we are excited because Spring is...
Rain at Last and Coffee Chocolate Cream Scones
by Krista | Aug 18, 2014 | Winter
“Colors shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. The ground was a deep black, the pine branches a brilliant green, the people wrapped in yellow looking like special spirits that were allowed to wander over the earth on rainy mornings only.” Haruki Murakami I don't...
Home and HONY
by Krista | Aug 11, 2014 | Winter
“Home is the nicest word there is.” Laura Ingalls Wilder In the midst of the overwhelming horrors in Gaza, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, etc, there are two things I'm especially thankful for this week: home and HONY. Home has never been so precious to me as it is now, as I...
Fear, Vegetables, and A Bit of Cocooning
by Krista | Aug 7, 2014 | Winter
These days my body may be present, but my mind is most often found dreaming amongst old black and white photographs, my eyes squinting over the tiny print of weathered newspapers from the 1800's, my fingers galloping over computer keys as I transcribe story after...
Baby Goats, Winter Sunshine, and Cranberry Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
by Krista | Aug 3, 2014 | Winter
Knowing I had a busy week ahead of me, I set aside this weekend for much-needed naps, reading, watching new-to-me episodes of Poirot, Miss Marple, and New Tricks, working in my garden, and spending time with good friends. It was just what I needed and I'm ready to...
Golden Moments
by Krista | Aug 1, 2014 | Winter
"Don't let yourself feel worthless... at fifteen you had the radiance of early morning, at twenty you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon, and when you are my age you will give out, as I do, the genial golden warmth of 4 p.m." F. Scott Fitzgerald...
Feels Like Spring
by Krista | Jul 29, 2014 | Winter
“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest." Ernest Hemingway After weeks of frosty mornings and ice-covered windshields, it's wonderful to step outside into warmth and sunlight and bits of green here and there. These...
Simple Pleasures on a Cloudy Day
by Krista | Jul 26, 2014 | Winter
It's a cuddly sort of Saturday morning, dark and cloudy and quiet with the hope of rain. The sort of day where everything is leisurely and gentle, nothing rushed or harried. It's a day for meanderings through the gardens, checking on the progress of baby kale, sturdy...
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