Paleo Holiday Cookies

    In 2013, I made a gazillion Paleo holiday cookies and made cookie trays for all of our gluten-free and paleo/primal friends. Every year, I get at least five friends asking for these recipes. So, after several requests for some of my Paleo Holiday Cookie recipes already this year, it's time for me to...

Womancraft: On Making Bread, and “Woo” Thoughts

This morning, as I took the sourdough dark rye dough out of the refrigerator to continue its long, slow rise after its nighttime slumber, I saw it in a different way. It is art, yes. An "artisan loaf" with fennel, anise seed, caraway, molasses and orange zest... It is nourishment, certainly. My Husband and daughters...

It’s been a long day…

So I haven't really written since I left for my business trip last Thursday. For good reason. From the moment I walked out the door at 5:30 AM on Thursday until the moment I got home at 11:30 PM on Sunday, I was running. 7 AM until 3 AM the next morning each day. And...

A new home!

We really DO have a new home, though the title was more in reference to this new blog account. So many new homes, it seems. Let's start at the beginning--well, I won't bore you with the tale of a sordid night in northern California 37 years ago--the beginning of THIS chapter of life. A little...