by Toni | Oct 13, 2022 | Be Simple, Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Live Green
Once upon a time there was a fine lady named Alice, who was an expert seamstress. Alice had a beautiful daughter, very tall and slender with a thick braid of golden hair that swung in sassy fashion as she walked. Her daughter’s name was Mary Lynn, and she was about to...
by Toni | Aug 1, 2022 | Be Simple, Come Home, Everyday Enchantments
Have you ever opened a book, heard the author’s voice as she speaks to you for the first time and thought: “I know her! We must have spent time in my kitchen together. Or…she must be reading my mind!”? It was just this way for me when I opened Tamar Adler’s An...
by Toni | Apr 21, 2022 | Come Home, Let's Eat, Live Green
For Earth Day this year, I have posted a rather lengthy read on how we can grow our own backyard ecosystems and ditch our do-nothing lawns. One of the many benefits of making this change is how delicious and nutritious things become—not just for the pollinators we...
by Toni | Apr 20, 2022 | Be Simple, Come Home, Live Green
At the end of the movie The Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man asks Dorothy what she has learned that will take her back home to Kansas, the only thing she’s wanted since falling from the sky into the magical land of Oz. Here’s her answer: “If I ever go looking for my...
by Toni | Mar 18, 2022 | Come Home, Eggs, Let's Eat
Well, we are here…Spring! I have been planning my own garden, sharing ideas for a community garden project with friends, and, of course, cleaning out the deep freeze in anticipation of the opening of the 2022 Farmers Market season. It never fails that I find a...
by Toni | Feb 12, 2022 | Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Let's Eat, Sinful Sensations
In the snowy depths of wintery February, I like to think that Valentine’s Day comes along to warm our hearts with homemade cards, paper mâché roses and sweet treats of rich chocolate, creamy caramel and crunchy toasted nuts. Actually, I do more than think about it; I...
