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 [...]
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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 »
The Tree
Posted in Christmas, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged bird, Christmas, Christmas tree, diner, penguins, pickle, recipes, Russia, snowmen, the Grinch on December 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
We picked it up this weekend. It wasn’t easy getting up at 8 on a Saturday morning and venturing out into the cold, but the spouse wore his Christmas sweater and I wore everything I own, and we headed to the farmer’s market. We went to the diner for breakfast because you need your strength [...]
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 [...]
The Slow Christmas season has begun!
Posted in Christmas, gift ideas, holidays, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged Christmas, deer, Fall, Shenandoah, sugar plums, wildlife on October 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s official, Slow Christmas has returned! Oh friends, I’ve missed you so. I’ve had visions of sugar plums dancing in my head since the hottest day in July, and now the time has finally arrived. Fall is at its peak around here. I was in the Shenandoah Valley recently, where the evergreens are standing behind [...]
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 [...]
The Best of Slow Christmas
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, Christmas porn, gift ideas, goodwill toward men, holidays, homemade, local food, saving money, simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement, slow parenting, spending time, tagged best of, Christmas, gift ideas, holidays on December 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
You did it! You kept Christmas slow this year. Before you go enjoy it with your family and friends, I want you to bask for a moment in the glow of your creativity and warmth. You made Slow Christmas a success: over 6,000 people visited the website and the Facebook page this year, and it [...]
Down to the wire: 3 steps to Christmas sanity
Posted in simplicity, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged american history, Christmas, errands, holidays, little women, paul revere, stress, stress management, wedding planning on December 16, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Holiday parties, last minute errands, speeding up at work to cram all in before year’s end: these are the hallmarks of the week before Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I find it much easier to keep Christmas slow on December 1 than on December 15. This week is when it all comes down [...]
Peanuts Charlie Brown 18-inch Artificial Christmas Tree, $7.99
Posted in Christmas porn, goodwill toward men, holidays, Kristmas Krap, Slow Movement, slow parenting, spending time, tagged artificial tree, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas, real tree on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Want to celebrate the spirit of the Charlie Brown Christmas special? Now you can buy a replica of Charlie Brown’s forlorn little tree that’s machine-calibrated to be imperfect! Now might be a good time to ask: why do we love A Charlie Brown Christmas so much? Maybe it’s because we see a little of ourselves [...]
Bad at crafts, seeking Slow Christmas.
Posted in gift ideas, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged Christmas, gift ideas, holidays, parenting on December 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The spouse dropped this bomb the other day: “You know, not everyone loves cooking and making stuff as much as you do.” When I got over my shock, I realized I’ve featured giving something homemade, and making a donation to their favorite cause, but I haven’t yet covered experience gifts. Experience gifts are one of [...]
The first snow.
Posted in Christmas porn, saving money, simplicity, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged Christmas, Slow Movement, snow, voluntary simplicity on December 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It snowed today in Washington. The flakes were the size of a dime, wet, fat, almost ripe. The spouse and I bundled up and went outside, errands as our excuse. The first snow of the year is magical. City noises are hushed, and people walk slowly, eyes up in the air and snow caught on [...]
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