Spindles and Spices

Apricot pit cracked open to reveal the nut Since this year's tomato crop is abysmal at best, I'm consoling myself with apricots. ...

Yesterday, I sprained my ankle in a very uninteresting way. Consequently, the majority of my time is spent laying down. This morning, as I ...

June 10th was Natto Day, and to celebrate, my cousins came over to indulge in natto, fried eggs, and hot rice. The meal was especially memo...

The Tilden Park Scarf pattern is the June Sock Stash Knitdown prize for the Stash & Burn podcast! Knit something out of your sock yarn...

   I had one of those problems that really wasn't a problem last week: what to do with 1.5 pounds of pork belly? Originally, I wanted t...

My first tomato of the season! It's been unusually wet and cool this summer, and that equals a tardy tomato crop. So, while others are ...

Another cardigan down! Wait, didn't I say last time that it was time to stop knitting cardigans??? This makes my 5th cardigan of the ye...

The boy built this fence to keep the dogs away from our delicate ferns.

Sunshine seems increasingly rare these days, and the past weekend was full of wind and rain. Yet, I had a 1/4 pound of cherries that needed...

As I was walking around town, disconnected with everything surrounding me because I was stuck thinking about mundane tasks that needed to b...