Just got back from a lovely (albeit a bit chaotic) Christmas in the big city.  More about that later--with some pictures from Christmas...

In some parts of the world, December 26th is celebrated as Boxing Day.  I always thought that it was because people boxed up all their unwa...

Tomorrow will be the darkest day of the year.  Since I will be heading south to Los Anchorage I thought I would give Winter Solstice a sho...

    Not so long ago I received a lecture from someone about NOT letting them know the exact time of a certain difficult event so that they c...

Tomorrow will mark the five-month anniversary of Sadie's time in the outside world.  To celebrate this milestone here is a list of 5 thi...

Well, I must have been extra good this year because I just got my Christmas present early. Can I just say, IT ROCKS! (and so does my thought...

I would consider myself a decent bread baker... after countless lessons from my mom, and the Tassajara Bread Book (AWESOME cookbook by the w...