Don’t Forget Your Vitamin D
January 15, 2010
This time of year, it’s easy to only be outside while you are going from your house to your car to your job and back again. But I often forget why that’s such a big mistake. And if I get into that cocooned ritual, it’s not very long before I start feeling depressed and sad and fatigued and just plain cranky.
And then I remember, I need my vitamin D. And there’s really only one easy way to get it. Go outside and stay there, in… more
Comments (16)It’s Time to Order Seeds
January 13, 2010
Holidays are over; decorations are put away. The winter darkness is starting to lift a tiny bit, but the cold doldrums are here to stay for a while. These are all the indelible signs that it’s time to order seeds and plants for this year’s garden.
Sure, you can wait until spring, and rush to your local big-box store or nursery like all the other amateurs. And there will be plenty of time for that. But if you are a serious gardener, or even a serious foodie, you want to get your order in now… more
Comments (9)It’s Farm Show Time!
January 11, 2010
This week is the 94th Annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, “the largest indoor agricultural event in the country,” or so they claim. I am devastated that due to work schedules I probably won’t be able to attend. But that shouldn’t stop you from trying to go—or at the very least, like me, watching it all week long on the PCN Channel. Over the years, I’ve gone many times, and every time, I see and learn something new.
Sure, there are the things some people laugh at—the sheep-to-shawl contest… more
Comments (6)Secret Stress-Relieving Remedy! Sunday Movies
January 8, 2010
I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time relaxing. With all the work and chores that need to be done, it feels impossible to slow down. And yet, I know I need to. Sometimes I just want to be taken away to another world, another time and place. I used to LOVE, love, love going to the movies—to see the kind of movies I like—foreign, obscure, slow, and intense. But with kids taking up my whole life, and living in a place where movies like that come around once in a blue moon—well… more
Comments (14)Crazy for Popovers!
January 6, 2010
A month or two ago I had the pleasure of dining at the exclusive corporate headquarters of the Hearst publishing empire. It was a private dining room on the 44th floor, and a waiter brought in a giant golden thing as big as my daughter’s head and put it on my bread plate. Hungry woman that I am, I ate it. After two bites, I couldn’t help but say to my lunch partner, “This is delicious! What is it?!” She pulled out the menu and turned it over, and replied that it was the famous Good… more
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