First, Happy Solstice! James decided it was a good burger holiday and whipped up some lentil-beet-seitan burgers with sautéed onions, mushrooms, radish from the garden, arugula from the garden, and a tasty vegan ranch dressing sandwiched on whole wheat multigrain sourdough bread that I made. A delicious way to celebrate summer! Second, Happy Father’s Day …
Category: Food
Resurfacing
Hello Friends! I did not intend to take time away, but life has been full and I am still searching to strike some sort of balance with all the things. In the meantime, I've been prioritizing personal journal writing over blog writing. I've consistently kept a journal since I was 10-years-old. It has become the …
Filled With Joy
It’s been a busy few weeks, and since spring has finally arrived, it is only going to get busier and busier as the garden takes over my life. There has been so much joy happening lately. No Kings was amazing. I didn’t go to the huge rally at the capitol, but to the one in …
The End of Fake Spring Part Two
It was 60F /15.5 C a week ago and close to that on the day after! I even dried laundry out on the clothesline. Then fake spring the second came to a screeching halt last Tuesday night while James and I were out on neighborhood patrol. The wind was already gusting and then it started …
Welcome 2026
After last weekend’s main drain backup it turned out the plumbing wasn’t finished with us yet. Thursday afternoon the shower in the basement bathroom we’ve been using for the past month while our main bathroom remodel takes its sweet time, decided to leak. And it wasn’t one of those slow drip, drip leaks. But we …
