Thought I’d send out a last minute greeting to all of you for the holiday season, plus a family reminiscence along with a recipe for mulled wine, printed in My Nepenthe. And a reminder that I will be singing books on Saturday, Dec 26th at the Phoenix Shop in Big Sur, from 1-3. Come for a [...]

There is nothing like family and holiday traditions to rile us up, at the same time it seems we can hardly live without our relatives and all that comes with being a family, so here’s a toast to mine. In no particular order, I am thankful for so much this past holiday week, not least [...]

Apples for jam, apples for butter, apples for jelly, for eating and more. I managed to can 5 cases of slow-cooked apple butter (or apple jam, I say) this past week in my tiny kitchen, and boy was it a lot of work–who knew? Hence so many other things just didn’t get done, like the [...]