Gifts of summer: Peaches, green beans and a ghost

Around here, we’ve been mellow.  Haven’t gone back yet to my usual schedule–the girls and my brain needed a rest.  I’ve been haunting the farmer’s markets, gardening, going to Nia, and working with the bounty from summer gardens.  Don’t you love summer food? 

One day this week, I ambled around the markets, picking [...]

Autumn beauty: roasted vegetable stock

Obviously, the girls have been taking some pleasure in shooting photographs of everything around us, mostly the reds and yellows of the season.   This was an image that let me play for a solid half hour.   For a writer, photos provide a garden full of color for the off-season, no words required.

I [...]