Julia's Blog

The first six inches are pretty, blanketing the house, yard, and trees. It turns everything into a post card or Christmas card scene. When it continues to pile up the picture perfect image distorts, but as it drifts and the wind tries its hand at sculpting, it is amazing. However, it can reach a point…

When winter comes up fast and hits with a bang, it creates a problem for many gardeners. This year, my dad turned 80 but he and my mom recently bought a new place and he has a couple of hundred, yes that was correct, a couple of hundred bulbs he wanted to plant before the…

Did you see the interview? I was very impressed with all of it. Hopefully people found it entertaining. Thanksgiving was a huge, vibrant success with everyone participating, cooking, cleaning, shopping, running here and there and in the end we all sat down as a family and devoured an enormous amount of imaginative, flavorful, and carefully…

From our house to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our turkey is in the oven at my parents, the ham is in the oven at our house. I have cut up veggies, made stuffing, and we are currently working on the 🥦 rice casserole. Thanksgiving this year is definitely a family effort with almost everyone…

I am always amazed at how holidays manage to come together and blossom into something memorable. My wonderful husband, sister-in-law, younger brother, and fabulous niece are all cooking and adding to the feast. I am sure everyone will help set the table, get the food out, and somehow we will all sit down at one…

Okay, my printer is still languishing on the table and I have a few boxes displaced, but mostly I am functional, which is amazing. I have located my books, my special shelf, added lighting, cleaned window ledges and began decorating the walls and shelves. After the Thanksgiving weekend I will be working in my office…

Like lots of people I keep adding to my thankful list. When I was teaching we made a paper chain, each link something someone was thankful for, and we hung it on our ceiling in the classroom. It stayed all year reminding students to look up and remember what they were thankful for instead of…

I don’t know how it works in your house, but in mine the food gets better the closer you are to a major feasting holiday. For instance last night I made chicken Alfredo, with bread. This morning we had cheese blintzes. My cooking engines are revving up and will explode with turkey, ham, cheddar meatballs,…