Fair to say it’s been a rough week but here we are, still in the world with a Sunday in front of us.   I heard a passing news story this week about bird sounds in the Amazon rainforest and…

This week would probably be best measured in hours of Law & Order SVU reruns I’ve watched.  How many hours are in a week?  Let’s just ballpark that 40% of those hours involved Olivia Benson.  I don’t want to do…

Hello dear friends! I’ll tell you what – if you dream of hosting a pop-up bagel shop in your backyard one day, all it takes is many MANY batches of this bagel recipe, a very early wakeup call, several batches…

Hello dear friends!  Happy Mother’s Day.  Please take some time to honor the woman whose ear you screamed in for years on end.  And if you’re that woman, you deserve all of the flowers and thanks and solitude. Bless you….

Friends! Happy Sunday to you!  My head is spinning with springtime New Orleans vibes so please excuse the brevity.  I hope this finds you happy and well and wearing shorts despite the lack of tan.  We’re all in this together…

Friends!  I hope there’s a lightness to your Spring weekend.  Lightness and rest, and at least one wood-fired pizza.   My friend Jon and I shot a new batch of recipes for the site this week so there’s some good…

I’ve waited on this magnolia in my backyard for weeks and weeks and here it is in all its glory. It smelled like sweet new syrup and the bees were absolutely love drunk.   This week synopsis with a lot…