Sometimes people tell us things, and although we hear the words, the intended meaning sails on by us into the ether. Sometimes we know we don’t understand, sometimes we don’t care if we understand, and most of the time we interpret what we hear according to our own context and experience and carry on from… Continue reading All The Things We Cannot Hear

I had thought I had finished with canning since the garden has been tucked in for the winter, and no further harvesting will take place in 2025. Today I decided I wanted noodles, vegetables, and sweet Thai chili sauce for my lunch. All the sweet Thai chili sauce I had canned has been consumed. A… Continue reading Canning Once More

Saturday already! And we are soon to head into the last week of November. The landscape of time has changed with age, largely for the better in my opinion. We are having a quiet, relaxed day today. The past week has been very busy, Attila painting walls in the basement and tucking the garden in… Continue reading Settling in for the Winter

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