A Song of Peace
A sad and difficult day. I first heard this song, "A Song of Peace" at a friend's memorial service this summer. The tune is Finlandia by Sibelius and the words…
A sad and difficult day. I first heard this song, "A Song of Peace" at a friend's memorial service this summer. The tune is Finlandia by Sibelius and the words…
Mohan and I went to Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester today to pick Raspberries and made jam this evening. The farm was purchased by the town of Winchester in 2007. There…
After four years of trying (and failing) to make the perfect caramel corn, I'm eager to try out some of Harold McGee's microwave candy recipes, shared in the 12/22/10 issue…
This moving story by Timothy Williams in the 7/19/11 edition of the New York Times is a question and answer with the now late Anthony Stroman, a Dallas stonecutter, who…
Howard Stein obituary from the New York Times, 7/31/11. Stein helped bring stock and bond investing to the general public. Created the first "no load" money market fund. He was…
I was always intrigued and amused by the lobster liberations taking place at the Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in Medford, MA. Recently, Reuters did an article on a…
After much trial and error, I seem to have arrived at an eggless, whole wheat pancake recipe that works. Please note that this recipe uses an egg replacer (ener-g egg…
Just finished reading Charlotte's web to my son, out loud, for the third time. You probably remember the story -- a barnyard spider named Charlotte's saves a pig named Wilbur's…
I went to the see the house under construction at Huntington Homes in Vermont on June 6th. Adam walked me through. I reached there in about 3 1/2 hours from…
Mohan and I are making our way through the summer picking local fruits and making them into jam . . . We started with rhubarb and mint from the Fayerweather…