Well hello, January. Here I am, nine days in and still trying to catch up and wrap my brain about 2013 and what it means. At the moment, ...

Do you send handwritten thank you notes for the gifts you get over the holidays?  When I was a little girl, thank you note ...

I know, I know, there's two weeks left in 2012 but I am already thinking about the New Year. Two winters ago I enrolled in a program ...

This rosemary walnut shortbread is a bit different from the usual holiday cookie, which is typically very sweet and bedazzed with sparkle...

For M.F.K Fisher, a good holiday was characterized by “lots of books for Christmas, stockings, candy, and nice gloves.” I can’t hel...

All you really need to know is that Tara sent me gorgeous Seattle leaves in the mail.  Ok, I could tell you a little more. Like how on...

After I posted last week about ways to bring autumn inside , I got a lot of comments about soup. Everyone, it seemed, wanted to know why I h...