Today began cold and grey with light snow. Since snow is usually pretty scarce around here and John had the day off for the MLK holiday, we took a quick hike up House Mountain in…

This afternoon we went on a hike of sorts. We hiked from John’s house to Market Square for Sunday brunch and back, a round trip of about 5 miles. A stiff breeze was blowing and…

Friends, Sonya and Mac and their son Micah came over for pizza and Spades on Saturday night. We fixed two pizzas, the first with a basil pesto base, turkey pepperoni, onions, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives,…

The Christmas presents are open, my tree has been recycled, the New Year celebration has come and gone and I just reached a PW (personal worst)…five weeks since my last post. Christmas trees waiting to…

Last night we decided to get in the holiday spirit by participating in the lighting of the holiday trees in John’s neighborhood. John lives in an old, historic neighborhood and most residents have a real…