Eggnog Ice Cream: The Easiest Recipe Ever
Eggnog Ice Cream - About as easy (and delicious) as it gets!I've never met a doughy spatula, messy mixing bowl or sauce-covered whisk I...
ENTREES DES ARTISTES: Remembering Buzz
Portrait of Love: Buzz, grandson Isaac, and Karin
My life in this fine old farmhouse began several years ago, my arrival another chapter in its...
After the Storm: Two Days Lost, Two Days Found
Where there's a will there's a way: survival depends on hot coffee.
Mother Nature provided a reality check this week, dispatching an arctic storm that...
Snow Falling on Cedars and Everything Else
My madrona branch fence flocked in winter white
Snow is a welcomed albeit rare visitor to Vashon. When an arctic blast ushers in a snowy...
Over the Pass to Apple Country
View from the Lancaster's apple and cherry orchard on the Columbia River.
Last weekend, my friends Nancy and Scarlett invited me to a cider pressing...
Honoring Veterans (and My Dad) Every Day
When Your Favorite Veteran Is Your Dad
I grew up loving a veteran: my Dad, a larger than life man who flew jets from the...
Royal Grevillea: Garden Dynamo from Down Under
Hi, my name is Tom and I'm a plantaholic, unable to leave a nursery without a plant, incapable of ignoring a nodding bud, lacy...
Almost Wordless Wednesday
Boz: my favorite corn dog.
For Gracie, home is where the hearth is.
Slicin’ Up Some Chanterelle Mushroom Pie
The rain has returned and so has my need for comfort food, the kind of chow that warms me like another log on the...
Favorite Apples: Give Me “Liberty” or Give Me Pests
I picked my first Liberty apples this year, and I have to say that I'm impressed. Liberty is a great choice for the home...
