I hope you had a very blessed Thanksgiving Day! Ours was full of contemplating our blessings and enjoying them...food and feasting...phone calls to dear ones…
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If you're looking for a quick and easy Thanksgiving Dessert option (particularly if you, like I, have family members that don't like pumpkin), you might want to give this recipe for Pear Cranberry and Gingersnap Crumble…
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I've realized that I am particularly fond of color. Although I admire those clean, white homes, or those with varying shades of white (like Nora Murphy's gorgeous home), I just don't think I could ever create that for our home. I just adore color so…
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Last night, our first good snow storm of the season rolled in. Flakes started slowly drifting down about eight o'clock last night and didn't stop until around noon today. The moment I was awake this morning, I became aware of…
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Apparently, Nigel Slater, is as passionate about winter as I am. He's written the book in diary form, and that's how I'm reading it...one entry a day on each day, from November 1st through February 2nd. He puts voice to all…
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If you guessed on my hint in the prior posting that the new costume was a Pilgrim boy's costume, you were right!…
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Last week, I took the week off of sewing for my shop (mostly) and concentrated instead on making the grandkids' Christmas gifts. I always seem to be scrambling to sew…
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A couple weekends ago, we had so much autumn fun planned that we dubbed the weekend "Autumn Fest". Three days of reveling in the delights of the season for which New England is…
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It's apple season! One of my favorite treats, since childhood, is a caramel apple. I just can't let the season escape without one. But we've experimented with new types…
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"...a distinct smell which was a mixture of the dried leaves on the ground and the smoke from the chimneys…
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We've been enjoying this Pumpkin Crème Brûlée during these cold, autumn evenings…
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Recently, Julia and I took a day trip to Manchester, Vermont. We took the back roads, through small, New England towns and past all the glorious autumn splendor that is quintessential New England…
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