Learning about Ecojustice in Louisiana
I learned so much on a recent tour of a bayou in Louisiana just outside New Orleans. Come back next week and I’ll tell you all about it!
“Eating with the fullest pleasure - pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance - is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world. In this pleasure we experience our dependence and our gratitude, for we are living in a mystery, from creatures we did not make and powers we cannot comprehend.”
~ Wendell Berry
Thoughts on Summer’s End & A New Format
Even though the autumnal equinox isn’t for another couple of weeks, it feels like summer is over. Pumpkins and pears have arrived at the farmers market. There are chilly days when one turns off the air conditioner and reaches for a sweater. My friends and family who have children are simultaneously joyful and sad about …
To Can or Not To Can . . . That is the Question
Everywhere I look, bloggers are posting about canning. It’s like once the zucchini and tomatoes take over the garden there’s something inside us that says, “I must save this! I don’t have time to cook it or freeze it, so let’s can it!” And so, with visions of a well stocked pantry and fond memories …
Semi DIY Garden Veggie Cream Cheese {Plus cream cheese coupon! #SaveOnPhilly}
What’s better than Philadelphia cream cheese spread? Adding fresh vegetables and saving with a cream cheese coupon! I am a huge fan of bagel shops. However, I always end up eating too much. Plus they put way too much cream cheese on the bagels (I know, it’s hard to believe you can have TOO MUCH …