I’m sitting here very early in the morning, hoping that none of the animals realize that I’m awake. The only light is that of the monitor, and dawn is more than an hour away. As the days shorten, these dark early mornings are a wonderful gift, giving me time to myself before the routine of…
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Basic Freezer Cookies (Blueberry & Pumpkin Seed Version)
These are excellent cookies to have on hand in your freezer. They are easy to make, and quick to bake. We used to make them every Christmas with nuts and cherries, and there is something so wonderful about their simplicity. So often during the holidays we work to create little masterpieces, so it is lovely…
Pumpkin Scones with Ginger
For the past week or so, the island has been blanketted in fog. Occasionally in the afternoon we get glimpses of blue sky which sends shots of light through the lingering wisps of fog, creating forests of sunbeams. Even though I know that the sky is blue up above the fog bank, I live in…
Banana Bread with Cinnamon Sugar
I figured that this weekend I would start the last round of lawn mowing as the grass stops growing for the year and before the ground becomes saturated with rainwater. We have a fair bit that gets mowed, and all of it is simply native meadow grass that we’ve been cutting for years. Unfortunately it…
Moroccan Salad with Quinoa
We used to have a flat-weave picnic basket. It was lined in green tartan, and had a place for everything that a family might need for a great lunch. Today we tend to pack lunches into coolers or backpacks, with lots of ice or freezer paks. Somehow our unchilled lunches of yesteryear never made us…
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