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April 2008
The Growing Challenge
We've been having bone chilling wind, surprise snow flurries, hail, and just plain old freezing rain in the past couple of weeks so it's no... Read more »Meeting Asimov
Free-falling through time takes practice if you want to avoid crashing smack into your own self as you have been and not change the fabric... Read more »Sew or Mow?
(plus an impromptu discussion of about the virtues of Oregon)I promised a little peek at the coat project and here it is. A swing coat... Read more »Peanut Butter dips
fancy cookiesI don't make fancy cookies. I have a secret ambition to learn to make a dozen really pretty cookies that could be laid out... Read more »My First Book Cameo
(Pam, I'm Almost Famous Now!!!!)It was obvious, when I was born with a serious cone head, that I was going to be published some day.... Read more »Cilantro Rice Salad
a recipeThis is a great spring dish that I just made up this week because it uses the first fresh cilantro of the season to... Read more »Invisible Snow
Sometime soon I will resume writing more about food and including some recipes as well. I am only this past week really getting back into... Read more »Our Own Private Ghetto
We Williamsons like to create our own private Ghettos wherever we live. We have a talent for letting rust take its natural course, for letting... Read more »Around The Farm Today
(With the intrepid farm-girl Mathilda)I wanted to follow up my spice cabinet post with a comparison shot. The brown leaves in this picture are oregano... Read more »A Room Of My Own
(a before shot of my everything room)This is my room. My sewing room. My writing room. My guru room. My sanctuary. My spy tower. My... Read more »Jesus Had A Hammer, Mary Had A Saw
(I like to think Mary was a tool junkie* like me)Of all the bible lore that has been discussed in my presence, the most interesting... Read more »Overcoming Clay
A Growing Challenge UpdateOne of the biggest garden discoveries I have made since moving to the farmhouse* is that the plot of heaven I have... Read more »Partnership With Complications
(advice from a happily married woman)One thing that never ceases to annoy me is when people talk about having babies as though it will "cement"... Read more »Marriage
This is a close up view of one of Philip's pieces of art. I know, he's a genius. It's what he tells me all the... Read more »Feeding The Farm
And how Angelina pulled a Britney SpearsThe hens have not yet moved to the farmhouse so I am going to the old house to feed... Read more »Spaghetti Sauce
A local challenge updateIt is getting pretty bare bones when it comes to fresh produce around here. If I want anything I am going to... Read more »Kitten Candy
I cannot describe how tough it is to capture these girls well in pictures. Like all immature mammals they are in constant motion and my... Read more »The Bay In Fistfuls Of Storm
My OthersThe oil of bay carried itself like a queen on the fierce wet wind and I knew I was alone with it, hanging from... Read more »Clean Out Your Spice Rack
(good household management tip)My new spice rack. It's time for a clean-out. My most used herbs and spices are: thyme, marjoram, salt, pepper, cayenne, cinnamon,... Read more »Letting The Future In
(by letting the past go)(a classic)I am in that terrible state between lives where your new one is so wonderful and exciting and you want... Read more »The Perfect Magazine
When you're in the right place everything tastes better.Everything you already own becomes more delightful.You find the details hitting your eyes like shots of sugar.Suppose... Read more »The Breakfast of Champions
Max recently asked me if he could get Lucky Charms cereal. I think Lucky Charms cereal belongs to a class of food in which you... Read more »The Art of Household Management
(Where it all begins) Now that I am, at last, in a proper house* I have been finding myself thinking about what it really means... Read more »« March 2008 | Main | May 2008 »