Emily in Wonderland

Last week we made pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin spice cookies , squash & apple soup, and apple & five-spice pork roast.  ...

We live in an area shaped in history by the California gold rush.  There are reminders of it all around.  On Labor Day, there was a festival...

Jonah had his first day of Kindergarten on Aug. 22nd.  Neither of us cried.  We were both ready.  He is loving it. Walking to school.   ...

I hadn't been to Arizona in August in 10 years, but you know what, the heat didn't even bother me.  It's been over two weeks sin...

Yesterday was Sarah's birthday.  She would have been 37.  I remember last summer we didn't think she was going to make it to 36, ...

Got home yesterday from two weeks away from home.  That is the longest I have ever been away from any one of my homes (11 weeks in Nepal did...