Last of the leftover birthday cake
I baked a two-layer chocolate cake from scratch for my birthday last month. I swapped out the middle layer of frosting for seedless raspberry jam, but otherwise, I followed the […]
Raise Up Extraordinary Women: Meredith Mitnick
This daily #OneGoodThing was dedicated to celebrating extraordinary women I know last December. Many of the 31 bold, beautiful, brave women featured shared stories of perseverance after abuse, addiction, miscarriages, […]
A Mother’s Day at home
Mama and I enjoyed a quiet and relaxing Mother’s Day at home celebrating each other. After all, we each “mother” the other! We started the day with a fresh blueberry […]
The gift of tomato plants
Though we planted our entire garden from seeds and table scraps this year, the tomato seeds we started were a total fail. Thankfully, two dear friends each brought us our […]
First Dahlia of the season
This stunning purple Dahlia has just bloomed in our garden! Several years ago we picked up several Dahlia bulbs in the garden section of Costco, and each year we are […]
A virtual book tour with Jennifer Weiner
This evening I joined a virtual book tour for Jennifer Weiner’s new release Big Summer. It was a fantastic event talking about her new book and previous novels, social media, […]
Cheese for dinner
Yes, I admit this lovely plate of goat cheese appetizers was our dinner. I’d like to tell you that eating cheese for dinner is a new thing for us since […]
Planting our table scraps
Mama and I recently started growing food from table scraps–everything from celery and lettuce to green onions and garlic. Each grew roots in little glasses of water on our kitchen […]
A page for Extraordinary Women
Last December I started a series to Raise Up Extraordinary Women, which became a weekly part of my #OneGoodThing blog this year. Nearly 50 women have shared their stories and […]
Nadiya’s Time to Eat
Mama and I just discovered Nadiya’s Time to Eat on Netflix and we’re obsessed! We loved watching Nadiya on The Great British Baking Show and we even followed her as […]
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