Hello again, dear readers! I’m glad to see you again, and not only because you’re the loveliest readers on The Internet, but also because it means Christmas is near! You may have noticed I’m starting a little late this year. I could tell you that I delayed because Christmas shouldn’t start until after Thanksgiving anyway, [...]
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The Ginkgo tree
Posted in busy parents, simplicity, spending time on November 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Slow Hangover Food
Posted in local food, recipes, simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged 2011, canning, food, hangover, New Year's Eve, recipe, slow food, tomatoes on January 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Happy 2011 everyone! I don’t know about you, but I woke up this morning feeling less than perfect. I’m allergic to booze so normally don’t drink, but I couldn’t resist the siren song of a little Champagne on New Year’s Eve. I was paying the price this morning. But then I remembered the tomatoes my [...]
Grapefruit, the way Grandpa liked ‘em.
Posted in Christmas, free range kids, gift ideas, holidays, homemade, simplicity, slow food, spending time, tagged baseball, carpentry, Christmas, citrus, family, food, gardening, gifts, recipes on December 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
At Christmas, my Grandpa would order a box of grapefruit. He was very particular about the kind he liked, but I can’t remember for the life of me whether it was the Florida or the Texas ones, and maybe they were Ruby Red? Anyway, he liked to peel away all the pith, leaving these brilliant [...]
On Advent Calendars
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, free range kids, homemade, simplicity, slow parenting, tagged activities, advent, candy, Christmas, crafts, culture, Germany, parenting, tradition on December 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When we were little, we used to buy those Swiss or German cardboard advent calendars that you could poke the little candies out of, one by one. There were three of us, so every third day was our day to get the chocolate. It was pretty crummy chocolate, but what other season offered parent-sanctioned chocolate [...]
Ricotta Chard Pillows
Posted in local food, recipes, simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement, tagged appetizers, cheese, Christmas, cooking, food, party, recipes, vegetarian on November 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Necessity, as you know, is the mother of invention. One Sunday last month, the farmer’s market featured both beautiful rainbow chard and whole milk ricotta. It seemed like they really ought to go together, but I didn’t have a plan. So I came up with this recipe for ricotta chard pillows: they’re just fatty enough [...]
Oyster casserole in a land-locked state?
Posted in holidays, recipes, simplicity, slow food, tagged culture, family, food, history, Little House on the Prairie, oranges, oysters, recipes on November 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
In Louisville, it’s tradition to serve oyster casserole at Thanksgiving dinner. It’s a curious thing, given Kentucky is a land-locked state and tinned oysters must’ve been pretty expensive back in the day. But if you’re going to splurge, it makes sense that you’d put them in a creamy casserole: relatively few oysters are enough to [...]
My love-hate relationship with Christmas cards
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, free range kids, gift ideas, goodwill toward men, holidays, homemade, saving money, simplicity, slow parenting, spending time, tagged arts & crafts, carbon footprint, charity, Christmas cards, e-cards, environment, feminism, Martha Stewart, upcycling on November 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I love the idea of Christmas cards. But reality always gets in the way. Finding the perfect card or taking a family portrait, asking for everyone’s street address (and giving away the surprise), buying stamps, licking envelopes, and the general errand-generating nature of the whole enterprise. It can feel like you’re checking a box, earning [...]
The fall of Rome
Posted in Christmas, saving money, simplicity, slow food, slow parenting, spending time, tagged baking, Christmas, cupcake, gingerbread house, green, hot buttered rum, Rome, tea, Thanksgiving, turkey on November 9, 2010 | 5 Comments »
There are over 200 theories for why Rome fell. Listen to this one from Edward Gibbon: “The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and as soon as time or accident had removed the [...]
Resolution: Slow Christmas meet Slow Life
Posted in busy parents, simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement, slow parenting, spending time, tagged simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
First day back at work? Don’t want to return to your regularly scheduled life after slowing down for Christmas? Fear not! I have a message for us from Carl Honoré, an expert in living slow during the rest of the year: “Well done, Slow Christmasers, for slowing down the holidays this year! Christmas has been [...]
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