Photo of the day

Published on September 1, 2011December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

Gifts of summer: Peaches, green beans and a ghost

Published on August 7, 2009December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

Around here, we’ve been mellow. Haven’t gone back yet to my usual schedule–the girls and my brain needed a rest. I’ve been haunting the farmer’s markets, gardening, going to Nia, and working with the bounty from summer gardens. Don’t you love summer food? One day this week, I ambled around the markets, picking up plums […]

20 great things about summer

Published on July 21, 2008December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

It is nearly ten pm and it is still very hot here in my house. My forearms are sweating against the table. The air is perfectly still. The dogs are sprawled with their bellies exposed to the air, hoping for a breath of cool. In a little while, CR and I will retreat to the […]

Summer rituals

Published on June 11, 2008December 29, 2015 by Barbara Samuel

When I was a tween, my grandmother lived in Sedalia, Colorado. At the time, it was about six by twelve houses wide, a spit of town scattered behind a Johnson’s Corner on a narrow two lane highway between west Denver and I-25. A train track ran along the road in front of my grandmother’s house, […]