Here we are, the last few days of May, and we are sore, both my husband and I, to the point that it is difficult to sleep. I see some dried blood in his ear. My clawish hands couldn’t open a spice jar today.
Read moreProcrastination Links 05.26.20
I hope you were able to have a relaxing and safe Memorial Day weekend. If you need a little break as we work toward going back out into the world and finding our new normal, check out my favorite procrastination links from around the web this week…
Read moreIn the Parlorette with Paige
A couple nights ago, I had the pleasure of joining my friend, designer Paige Lewin of Tess & Ted Interiors, for an Instagram Live interview as part of her new series #MyFavoriteSpot. I shared a tour of the tiny room at the farm that we affectionately call the “parlorette.” I would have greatly preferred being in the same room with Paige and if you watch the interview, you’ll see why. She’s an artful conversationalist, very genuine, and the kind of person you want to know better.
Read moreProcrastination Links 05.18.20
As the country eases its stay-at-home restrictions, I am continuing to spend my days doing the things that make me feel the best: cooking, gardening, and writing. I hope you are staying safe and healthy as we navigate our new normal out in the world. If you need a little break this week, check out my favorite procrastination links from around the web…
Read moreA Misdemeanor on the Moonshine Porch
The Facts of the Case:
I own a wicker couch with blue and white floral cushions and pillows. This couch sat outside, undisturbed, at my farmhouse on what is colloquially known as the Moonshine Porch. In the spring, I discovered not twenty yards from the porch, a hole in the ground, belonging to a woodchuck and around which was scattered the remnants of cotton batting. In addition, a torn blue and white floral pillowcase, empty of its batting, was discovered strewn to the side of the hole. As they say in the law, res ipsa loquitor, or in layman’s words, the thing speaks for itself.
Read moreProcrastination Links 05.11.20
What is making you smile these days? Amidst all of the heaviness around us, I hope you are finding moments of joy throughout the long days of quarantining. If you need a little break today, check out my favorite procrastination links from around the web this week…
Read moreMy Mother and the Way She Marches
When my mother was a junior in high school, she became head majorette of Warren Township’s marching band. At the first football game, she confidently led the band onto the field for the usual program of patriotic music, and confidently led them back off again. As they marched past the bleachers towards the parking lot, the other majorettes behind my mother whisper-shouted that she’d made a mistake, that she’d led the band off the field too soon, before they’d performed the National Anthem. Without a hitch in her high step, my mother just kept marching, steering the band through a giant u-turn in the parking lot and back onto the field for the anthem.
Read moreProcrastination Links 05.04.20
Old Wives' Lore for Gardeners
Among the garden books I inherited from the wonderful Scott Siekman, the previous owner of our farm, is a slim paperback titled “Old Wives’ Lore for Gardeners”. It’s an odd little book, full of very unscientific advice, unsubstantiated rumor, and sometimes shocking innuendo. Slyly written by Maureen and Bridget Boland, it opens with this caveat: “We are not Old Wives ourselves, being in fact old spinsters; nor are we professional gardeners in any sense. We collected the tips in this book because we needed them.”
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