A Life in the Making

"I did think, let’s go about this slowly.This is important. This should takesome really deep thought. We should takesmall thoughtful steps. But, bless us, we didn’t." --Mary Oliver I am pretty sure that Mary Oliver was writing about the adventure that is smallholding when she wrote that poem.  I ...

I am not going to even place any qualifiers on my audacious statement about the pie recipe I am going to share.  I have eaten a lot of pie. Waitress is one of my favourite movies.  I have even been known to say that if I had to pick a favourite food-genre, it would be pie.  There is just somethi...

This year’s garden is a total disaster. First, while I was at Blogtacular, the chickens got (were let) into the greenhouse and ate or smashed each and every baby plant we had…which was a lot. Then we were let down by terrible customer service by a popular "organic garden in a box" company when ou...

Considering the fact that Kevin and I fell in love over the hand crank of an ice cream maker (and Alicia's Attic - remember them?) at camp, its surprising that it has taken almost exactly 18 years for an ice cream maker of our own to come into our lives.  The universe obviously thought it was tim...

Is there a sexier fruit than a fig?  My heart certainly beats a bit faster when I spot the new season in the grocery store.  I am known for stuffing bags full of the purple orbs into my basket as soon as they appear.  I love them. Would eat them every day if I could.  But my favourite, favourite...

To say I loved my Grandfather Goldin would be an understatement.  For as long as I can remember, I doted on him and he on me. I was his favourite. In the 4th grade, I "invented" a bird feeder with him in mind that won a contest.  I chose my university so I could live close to him.  One of the ma...