Animals, Articles, Cooking Corner, Family, Farm, Seasonal, Vegetables
Articles Winter Vegetables First appeared in Grainews on 13 March 2020 Our golden retriever, Jake, is lying at my feet, waiting while I write. He won’t let the clock slip past eight AM in midwinter without getting up and nudging me. Sure enough, on the stroke of eight... 
Articles, Cooking Corner, Family, Garden, Seasonal, Travel, Vegetables
Celebrate! Add Carrot Pickle to Your Festive Table or Gift Boxes ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on December 2021 All month I’ve been pestering Mom for stories. You’d think I was five again. But no. Truth is, we’ve been in closer proximity than usual. She’s... 
Articles, Cooking Corner, Fish, Friends, Locavore, Seasonal, Travel
Fishers and Farmers First appeared in Grainews on 12 October 2021 Articles Early fall, and I am on a West Coast holiday with Mom, revisiting the foods, places, and faces of her youth. Mom is a retired dryland farmer, and like me, she misses the ready access to fish... 
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Articles Water First appeared in Grainews on 25 September 2018 Dave is mourning the passing of the lake that almost surrounded our house for seven years. It covered fifteen acres at its peak, in fact a large slough, but ‘lake’ dignified what was a difficult situation.... 
Articles, Baking, Bread, Cooking Corner, Science, Sourdough, Writers
The Alchemy of Sourdough Bread ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on 4 June 2019 Gluten and wheat intolerance has been on my family’s radar for decades. My sister Lee gave up eating all wheat-based foods in her early twenties after a childhood and teenager-hood... 
Articles, Cheese, Cooking Corner, Family, Farm, Seasonal, Travel, Writers
Articles Cheese and Virtual Rescue Missions First appeared in Grainews on 13 October 2020 Life in a pandemic takes its toll in many ways. One of the noticeable changes is how we spend our leisure time. No trips this year – not that I was actively planning, and not...