Boy, it's been a while!  Apologies, and just as frustrating for me as it is for you.   The 3rd move in two and a half years has been...

Wow - it's been a long time between posts, but here I am today to wish you the most wonderful Christmas and holiday!  I've been baki...

Ahhhh, Swedish meatballs.  I had always heard about them, but it was only this year I suddenly had the urgent desire to mak...

A sudden flurry of cookie making, some off to my grandchildren in Minnesota (spice cookies for Frankie and roasted sugared wal...

I can't believe I first made this recipe from Two Peas and their Pod in 2009 - it feels like such a Christmas tradition...

I seem to have been uninspired lately as far as muddling around in the kitchen, preferring instead to go on one of my reading ja...

A second batch of those orange and cranberry scones this morning,  as I wanted to make some fresh ones up for my neighbors, an...

I've been a little disappointed in my favorite scone recipes lately, so when I saw this recipe in  The Boston Globe on Wedne...

Walking down to the pond this afternoon was chilly and gray - ice forming, but not thick enough for skating.  After reading about ...

We have snow!  And ice, just for fun (not).  Just a few inches, but enough to make the roads slippery and to feel a little m...

I think I have not found all the cats on the tree and still in the two ornament boxes, but these are among my favorites:   Pus...

These little houses are teeny tiny, and made of a featherweight material , easily bent, but treasured.  My father's mother d...

For me, Christmas begins when the tree goes up.  And so, today is the first day of Christmas!  There is always a joy, lots of memories...