everything slowed downwaiting?the french press…presses slowly,the smell of coffee in steam rises…barely through still air,i break into small pieces the gathered loaf endswhich i distribute with carein the back fieldfor the birds lacking elderberries,some of the street lamps, across the wayunsure of wether it is night or daystill glowing mid-morning,carried through the stillness…you could hear […]

What’s left of the woods…on this waning winter day

So honored to say i know Charisse. She is smart and wise beyond her years and destined for great things. So happy for her hard work to be paying off in the trajectory she has chosen. Hang on, it’s going to be an exciting ride. HELLO AMERICA!—Those of us who take the arts quite seriously,

It isn’t Christmas until someone gets their gingerbread. In 2000, I found this recipe for gingerbread using ginger powder and crystallized ginger pieces. It described gingerbread as a historic food. In New England scarcely a household would be without it. I made the recipe; everyone seemed to like it; i have been making it ever

The weather outside is frightful