Sometimes it seems like the older we get, the holiday magic drifts further and further away, but the truth is the magic is still there, swirling around like snowflakes falling gracefully from the winter sky. All you have to do is open your heart and believe. It is easy to let the magic slowly drift away, and our jammed-packed days, rising prices, and overemphasis on commercialism are no help. One day, we wake up, and instead of anticipating Christmas, which never seems to arr

Although the season officially changed in September, the quiet transformation we all yearn for unfolds in November. It is this time of year that autumn becomes noticeably more present all around us - the fallen leaves that blanket the sidewalks, the fog that drapes over the nearby fields in the early mornings, and the oak trees standing tall against the bright orange morning skies. The days are growing shorter, signaling that the festive season has arrived and that winter is

Like many of you, I have been enjoying the last of the season's tomatoes, still ripening on my vines, and the few strawberries that are...

Lemon chamomile mini loaves waiting to be enjoyed. My “staff” meetings are usually a party of one typically held when I am driving,...