I thought this week I would tell you about some of the things I am grateful for: 1. a warm place to sleep 2. a loving family, full of laughs and interesting conversation 3. a job that makes my brain work hard 4. food that can nourish our bodies, and...

I was supposed to pick up my co-op food today. I got up early, to go out to breakfast with some dear friends. Then the boy and I went to a used bike sale. It wasn't until 11:30 (too late!) that I realized that I was supposed to pick up my co-op...

The boy and I grew up in Boise. There's a fantastic regional grocery chain there called Winco Foods. It's employee-owned. We shopped there when I was young. Two new locations of Winco here in Utah opened in the last month or so. I thought I would head...

We're sticking close to home this year. I have a ton of work to get done (yes, I know), and big plans to play the day away on Friday with my mom. It's going to be a lot of fun. The boy and I will sit around, eat plenty, watch some Nova on TV, read some...

One of the things I loved about Thanksgiving when I was younger was watching my mom open the can of "cranberry sauce", and then it being upended over a fancy dish. Then it would slide out slowly, making that swooooosh-sluuuurp-plop sound into the dish....