Not long before the holiday break, L.’s Kindergarten class was engaged in a “health and nutrition” unit at school. I’d seen it in the newsletter, so I knew it was coming, but otherwise I stayed totally out of the whole
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J. and I are not, by nature, extravagant people. We don’t spend lots of money on the usual things — cars, clothes, gadgets, vacations. We own both of our modest cars outright (and both have well over 100,000 miles to
Tonight, much to J.’s delight, was not only Halloween — it was, as he proclaimed, “The start of the entire best time of year!” He’s right, of course. Not only did we have a fabulous time trick-or-treating with our little
Anybody who has hung out here for very long has probably been acquainted with the trials and tribulations of L.’s weight. If you haven’t been a part of that particular conversation, you can catch up here, here, and here; but
The longer I cook family dinners, the bigger my kids (and their appetites) get, and the higher food prices go, the more I’ve begun to realize what generations of women and cooks before me have known: Ground meat is the
I don’t have much to say tonight. I almost didn’t post. One of The Aunts, my Gramma’s sister, passed on today and I didn’t hear until just about an hour ago. So I’m sad and thinking of her farmhouse among
After I wrote this year’s Halloween mantras — “The Post About the Treats” — I got a pretty nice response from several people who said that the philosophy J. and I adhere to these days, as far as all that
Every year around this time, as people’s thoughts turn to Halloween, I see a lot of questions floating around the internet. What should we do about the candy? Do we let our kids have candy? Why can’t Halloween be done
I can’t believe we’re done. After six weeks of sharing lunchbox recipes with you, six at a time, I’ve reached the end of the series. I’m not going to lie — it’s been tons of fun, and I’ve enjoyed it,