Nov 27, 2010 | Blog
There are two more deer to butcher, we did four yesterday. I wrapped each trimmed roast, or bag of stew meat in clean white paper and labeled them- “Best Hind Roast” or “Three Small Tenderloins” or ” Big Stew”, “Small...Nov 26, 2010 | Blog
Maybe the Turkey Trot should be the day after the big meal. I’m a little full this morning from the deer steaks, turkey, corn bread stuffing, green been casserole, cream curried onions, rutabagas, carrots, mashed potatoes, beet and asparagus vinagrette, rolls,...Nov 25, 2010 | Blog
Happy Thanksgiving! A photo thanks to my darling daughters home from college and an email to my neighbor James in South Africa (crazy but true. )Maybe there will be more, if I can figure out how the camera and computer work. Stoli made the crusts, JJ filled them up...Nov 24, 2010 | Blog
“There’s a bunch of bunny tracks in the snow,” my husband said this morning, as he carried in an armload of firewood. The girls were still sleeping, and I should have been. My husband is an early riser. (About 4:30. This was closer to 6.) I...Nov 23, 2010 | Blog
It’s not always easy gathering together for the holidays. My daughter Stoli somehow got out of Anchorage in yesterday’s ice storm, and landed safely in Juneau last night. There’s a light skiff of snow, and it is still falling gently in the dawn fog....Nov 22, 2010 | Blog
I’m lying in bed this morning, in the dark, thinking that whoever invented flannel sheets should have won a Nobel prize for human comfort in cold climates. (Dog comfort too, my terrier Phoebe has made a nice nest by the back of my knees.) I’m listening to...
