Yearly Archives: 2014

These are my new favorite deviled eggs. I altered this recipe from Little Broken a little bit by using roasted instead of boiled beets. I also didn’t have fresh dill close at hand, so I garnished the stuffed eggs with slices of roasted beet and capers for a little green.

Opening day of our 2014 Farmers Market season went off better than I’d hoped. There’s always a bit of a scramble: Our market manager had new folks to train. Plus, we have six commissioners and new volunteers to get up to speed. That plus an unprecedented four new vendors: Ingram’s Bread; Hazzard Free Farms; RiseContinue reading “First haul of the 2014 market season”

Back in the day when I was in Girl Scouts…way back, we mostly camped and worked on badges. I don’t recall that making and trading swaps was part of our tradition. But lately I’ve come to embrace the concept. I’ve been playing with swaps for my daughter’s troop. Below are three swaps we did yesterdayContinue reading “Girl Scout 'swaps'”

For Christmas I got these cute “Stop me before I volunteer again” sticky notes. I get the hint. I have a problem saying “no” — especially when it comes to my community. And I’ve been pretty good at scaling back so I can devote my attention more fully to the projects I take on ratherContinue reading “Giving back a little comfort…one blanket at a time”

I put these quart containers with a little water and decorative foliage outside this morning at 10:30 a.m. It’s been -15 degrees all day and each time I check…still not frozen. Will update once I can actually pull out an ice lantern popsickle. UPDATE: This was a VFG #Fail. I put these out, then promptlyContinue reading “Waiting…waiting…”