Self Loathing Not Groovy

    Check out the source of this wonderful artwork. Also directed there through Pinterest.    What is it about words attributed to Albert Einstein that make me sit up straight and listen?  He is more likely to grab my…

Joy Pockets Tres

   We’ve had a particularly busy, happy, productive week at the farm.  Even more so this week than most, probably.  I am so pleased to close up shop today with a few projects finally in the “done” compartment in my crowded…

Roasted Olive Dip

   Company is coming!!!  We’re having a little dinner party, and I want to have this cold cheese dip ready technically as an appetizer but truly so I can snack indulgently all day leading up to the fun gathering.    About…

Our Fave Chocolate Cake

   I suppose chocolate cake is one of those things that, barring an allergy or something, everyone craves now and then.  Around this house, Handsome requests it infrequently because it is so very, very rich.  When he does, though, it is with much…

Joy Pockets #2

The past seven days have been emotional and busy on every front, and midweek I thought I would just skip Joy Pockets altogether because it would just feel phony. Thankfully, mercifully, legitimate joy burned through that fog pretty quickly. 1. …