The first month plus of our new life in Australia was marked by rain, rain, and more rain. It was actually quite wonderful after so many months spent in perpetually dry and dusty Riyadh (yes, there was a rainy season but it was more…
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Moving On Again (+ Carrot Soup)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, U.K., January 2017. Hi. Happy New Year over a month late. We’re just getting sorted after a lovely and whirlwind trip to Salisbury, England, to visit family and shiver delightfully over delicious cups of lattes and flat whites here and there, often…
Digging out from the flu/cold that felled the adults in the household last month, I made cookies to ease us back into normalcy. These could and should be an addition to your holiday cookie plate; not only can they be made gluten-free, they are…
Life these days is made of extra cups of coffee, sipped outdoors if we can manage it (though we’re not as bleary eyed as you might expect with an almost-three month old because – no jinx!- this baby sleeps) and peanut butter toasts and…
It occurs to me that I missed rhubarb season this year. While I can sporadically find kale or packaged chard at the grocery store in season, this is not a really seasonal place, the desert of course not being the most hospitable to farming.…