It’s nearly April, and with Spring having done its annual thing, the Acer on my patio is finally beginning to leaf out, I’ve replenished my sadly neglected herb box, and it seems everything is in riotous bloom. The season has had a positive effect on me as well, because I actually completed a Daring Bakers [...]
March 2010
In the months before my youngest was born, my mother suggested to my husband and I that she live with us to care for the baby after I returned to work. We’d been looking for a larger house since my two older boys were on the verge of their teen years, and adding a third [...]
I live in an area that is perfect for growing just about anything all year long if one can forget the pesky dilemma of drought we’ve endured for the past many years. I’ve been a reasonably capable gardener most of my life — thanks to my mother who most likely could grow a stick in [...]
My mother has always been a master at stretching a dollar because she’s had lots of practice most of her life. As a single mother of three children under the age of five by the time she was 25, she worked hard to put a roof over our heads and food on the table. She [...]
It’s been nearly three years since I joined The Daring Bakers and in that time, I’ve been quite diligent about making each month’s challenge and posting it on time. Actually, I’ve had a slip here and there along the way, but recently, I’ve struggled the past several months for a variety of reasons. Suffice it [...]
Yesterday was my oldest son’s birthday, and although I do make him a cake from one year to the next (he’s 31), I didn’t this year. Retrospectively, I did decide that the cupcakes made as a Valentine’s Day treat for my two remaining menfolk-in-residence might be as good a reason as any to coerce [...]
