Ah, Memorial Day weekend. Starter pistol to the summer.Up here in the Berkshires, Memorial day marks the beginning of traffic, and hour long waits for the pizza place, and a dazzling schedule of thrilling cultural events to which I am either too busy or too poor to attend. A few years ago, our town toy…
Archives for May 2010
zephyr pancakes
As the wife, I do not put together furniture.I do not grill.I do not mow the lawn, except on very rare occasion when my husband has a migraine and the neighbors are complaining.And (unless I absolutely have to) I do not make pancakes. I am not particularly proud of these “do nots,” and to this…
the foraging explorers
The ladies have a new activity. When they have read too many books, and art seems boring, and we have said “enough PBSkids.com!”, they put on their backpacks and go exploring. From what I can tell, the contents of the backpacks are strictly defined. There is a water bottle, a notebook in each, and a…
russian potato salad
I’ve got a serious flaw, and if I don’t do something about it, I’m going to give myself an ulcer, or high blood pressure, or one of those stress-y issues. I’m a big party thrower. I just love it. We had over 100 people here on New Year’s, packed wall to wall, and although it…
lemon balsamic chicken
I don’t know what you did, but thank you! Just minutes after writing my last post, I got to work on dinner. And from the moment everyone got home from school to the 7:00 bedtime click of the girls’ door, there were… (are you ready for this?) NO TEARS. And hopefully I can say this…
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