Beautiful bruschetta
After enjoying delicious bruschetta at the July 4th party we attended, I had a lingering craving. I thumbed through our Marcella Hazan Italian cookbook to make sure I wasn’t forgetting […]
Prepping pounds of plums
Our Santa Rosa Plum tree has been showering us in fruit this week. I’ve found several recipes to play with this weekend, including a crisp with cardamon and pistachio, a […]
Happy 4th
Mama and I had the honor of being invited to a July 4th party today at the beautiful home of our friend Gail. We loved meeting her friendly family and […]
Fun at the community pool
Mama started a Therapeutic Water Exercise class this week at our local community pool. I’ve been getting in the water to help her and we’ve been having a great time. […]
A visible fix
Mama’s adorable round glasses broke again last week, but our friend Michelle—an optical goddess—was able to fix them this afternoon. We were thrilled to see her and catch up on […]
Backyard plum picking
Now is the one week of summer that our entire plum tree ripens at once. Usually, it’s a race to see who can get to the fruit first—the squirrels and […]
Tiny orange tomatoes or candy?
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was enjoying these candy-like, golden-yellow cherry tomatoes in our garden! It is one of three varieties we’re growing this summer and the first to be ripe. What […]
Colorful new garden art
While running errands today, I fell in love with this rainbow pinwheel and knew it had to be part of our garden. Mama wasn’t convinced until we stepped outside and […]
Shabbat wishes from our family doctor
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was a sweet Shabbat Shalom from our family doctor at the end of an excellent phone appointment. She inspired us to light our candles again tonight and […]
Seeing strong female candidates debate
As a civic-minded house, we decided to watch all four hours of the debates. We thought Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris both stood out from the pack and we’re eager […]
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