Have you ever used a hand crank ice cream maker? My maternal grandmother had one, and she’d sit me next to her on her porch sofa, where we’d take turns at the handle. I imagine more progress was made when it was her turn. I remember her kitchen, and the hand stitched sampler that read “Apple pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze”. I didn’t think that sounded very appealing - cheese on any kind of pie. And I was pretty sure that I’d never seen her eating pie with cheese on top. I was a quiet little girl. I liked to observe. I knew fully well my grandmother's profound love, and I had no doubts about her bountiful kiss with a squeeze. READ MORE
Posts tagged: nantucket
Boho Elegance 9/30/24
I spent last weekend on Nantucket with some dear old friends. Despite nonstop rain and incessant winds which managed to sink several boats in the harbor, we had a ball. Of course that brings to mind all the communities from Florida to North Carolina, still reeling from the devastation of Helene. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. My friend Sarah Tucker, whose home on the west coast of Florida narrowly escaped the flooding, has shared this link to purchase supplies big and small through Amazon, which will be delivered to areas in her community that were the worst hit. Sarah knows the organizer personally, and "can absolutely vouch for her delivering this into the hands that need it". How amazingly brilliant that this effort can be organized by distributing an Amazon wish list? READ MORE
Summer Loving Blues and Greens 7/1/24
My friend Merrill and I rode bikes out to Cisco last week, and this is the view that greeted us. I wish I had the photography skills to better capture the myriad shades of blues and greens emerging from the departing fog. Doesn't the little house on the left look like it belongs in a Nancy Meyers movie? What would the plot be ... hmm, how about this: Middle aged woman <still wears the same size jeans she did in college, and has the most perfect easy breezy hair style, despite the island's relentless humidity>, borrows a friend's Nantucket cottage for a weekend and ends up staying through to Christmas "to find herself". What do you suppose it is that our protagonist finds? Just how you answer that may tell you something about where you are in life. READ MORE
Americana Pie 6/24/24
We know that we live in a much divided country. But maybe it's our right to be divided that should unite us. Today's note is about standing together to wave our grand old flag. Rooting for the underdog. Reaching for the stars. And with the Fourth of July fast upon us, how about remembering those long ago words,
"That we mutually pledge to each other,
Our Lives, Our Fortunes,
Our Sacred Honor."
Simple Pleasures 7/3/23
Porch swings
Stopping at lemonade stands
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
This was going to be a short note about simple summer pleasures. Tomatoes. Old friends. Making a new friend. Reading aloud to a child. Fireflies. Someone told me they have a rule: always stop at lemonade stands. READ MORE
Stopping at lemonade stands
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
This was going to be a short note about simple summer pleasures. Tomatoes. Old friends. Making a new friend. Reading aloud to a child. Fireflies. Someone told me they have a rule: always stop at lemonade stands. READ MORE
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