Renaissance life in a post-modern world
Posted in Recipes on Oct 18th, 2008
Fall is in full swing here in the midwest. The air is sometimes more than crisp. The harvesters are toiling through exhausted corn fields. The motif decorating porches and store fronts is all about hay and pumpkins. And our world is colored with the vivid reds, oranges, yellows and golds of the season that make those [...]
Posted in Recipes on Oct 13th, 2008
I am continuing to harvest a bountiful crop of herbs. “Bountiful” is a relative term here as my garden sits in diminutive pots on my patio. The harvest, however small, has allowed me to enjoy cooking with fresh aromatic plants throughout the summer and into the fall.
I relish unleashing the rich verdure as the herbs are chopped, crushed [...]
Posted in Gardening on May 2nd, 2008
I have historically enjoyed gardening all year long. This is hard to imagine since I live “up north” where it snows for 6 or 7 months every year. Even in the depths of winter the idea of gardening can flourish. I browsed through seed catalogues in January. I planned and re-planned my garden throughout February and March. [...]
