Tonight is family night for the "Lil Pickers' Club" at Fog Willow Farm ( Read more... )

We went roller-skating a couple of times last winter, and while I had fun, Kaia was distinctly unthrilled. Today the rink up in Citrus Heights was offering free admission for homeschoolers, so Kaia and I decided to go. And this time, she had a ball skating slowly from the first entrance along the wall to the last before you're stuck on the floor ( Read more... )

You know what's awesome about homeschooling ( Read more... )

During the holidays last year, my cousin's wife, who is an illustrator, and a very good one, knocked me on the head and said "Hey, you. Why don't you write a cookbook?" I hemmed and hawed and said "Well, maybe ( Read more... )

Today's to do list ( Read more... )

Recipe for a glorious evening:

1 overnight visit at grandma's.
1 pasta dinner with homegrown tomatoes
1/2 bottle Fitzpatrick Vinyards Sierra Dreams
1 batch homemade chocolate ice cream
1 James Bond movie

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Thirteen years ago today, David put on a pair of tattered blue jeans, an old brown cloak and a spider necklace, and Joshua Sanderson, Nosfertau Elder, walked into the Heaven's Shadow Elysium for the first time. That night, Joshua met Willow "Walks Alone" Riorden, the headstrong and unorthodox Sept Beta of the Gold Hills Garou Sept. The two became ( Read more... )

First load of laundry is on the line, weeding done in two garden beds, 10 pounds of cherries in the fridge waiting to be pitted and frozen, beans in the crockpot, homemade tamales defrosting. Second load of laundry is ready to hang. Guess it's time to get off the internet!