Category: Journal

I recently had an appointment with my GP, they are Attila’s GP as well. We are truly blessed to have this professional as our health care practitioner. Today I received a letter from them that was written with such intelligence, humility, and integrity, that I almost cried. It is a great combination of personal traits… Continue reading Vegetable Broth/Stock

Most of our green tomatoes, harvested before the first frost, have ripened now. As they ripened Attila blanched and peeled them, then I put them through the food processor, and they were frozen for future use. Today is the future use day. We have our large stock pot on the stove, into which the frozen… Continue reading Canning Tomatoes

Today we are getting our first snow storm. It is so beautiful. I went for a walk this morning wearing my sandals (with socks). My next walk will require boots! Attila picked beets in the snow this afternoon. He is cooking them for dinner. Our dinner will be a green salad, air fried fish, and… Continue reading Picking Beets in the Snow

There is a certain feeling, so special that it really defies description. The closest I can get to it in a word is home. For me this is a seasonal feeling, it rises as the temperature falls. Today I feel it. It is a feeling that seldom ascends to the conscious level, it rests just… Continue reading A Rainy Day

The heat is on, as of today, October 27, 2025. Last autumn, on November 6th, 2024, the weather was wonderful and mild, I had all the windows in the house open. This year the warm weather disappeared much earlier. In 2021 we turned on the heat on November 2. In 2023 we turned on the… Continue reading The Heat Is On