Taken while the boys were hunting for Easter eggs this rainy morning. Posted by Free Range on Sunday, April 5, 2015
Family
The Swedish Pancakes Of My Childhood [Recipe]
The best recipes often come with a story behind them. This week, looking for a nice basic red sauce, I came across the much-lauded recipe by Marcella Hazan that’s incredibly simple — so simple it’s surprised countless food bloggers with its deliciousness and depth. Food bloggers being who they are, this prompted them to tell their…
Better To Have Loved And Lost?
It’s a bit more lonely in my home office than in recent days. I didn’t even know I was missing anything, but after my husband found a lost Chihuahua just before Christmas, I found — and my whole family found — surprising pleasure in its presence. We loved the sound of his little feet scurrying…
The Growing Sanctuary Population
How could one resist this face? Well, we didn’t. This is Cocoa, our eldest son’s dog, who joined the family after our softhearted child saw one of those awful tear-jerking sad-animal commercials on TV, and came to us crying and determined to do something to help. Of course, help couldn’t just be donating a few…