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Nelson and I enjoyed a lovely excursion to the Adirondacks on Sunday and Monday. We launched our canoe in Lower Saranac Lake, paddled up the Saranac River, and camped on Norway Island in Middle Saranac Lake. That would be the … Continue reading →

The boys arrived home on Monday night apparently unperturbed by the wicked temperatures of their camping expedition.  Since I was looking a bit green on Tuesday morning, Sydney drove me the hour to my midwife appointment and was rewarded (or … Continue reading →

Whoa, this banana bread IS good.  I pulled it out of the oven, went outside for an hour-long walk, and am now enjoying the residual warmth in the bottom of the loaf.  I couldn’t decide whether to wolf it down … Continue reading →

One of our favorite cooking websites is epicurious.com.  Sydney loves it for the unusual ingredients and gourmet recipes.  I love it for the conversation: each recipe has a section for comments, and you get some great ideas reading the reviews, … Continue reading →

Yesterday started off pretty leisurely.  We were all ready to sleep in after such a long day on Friday.  It as a waffles-and-newspaper kind of morning. But in the early afternoon we hit the grocery store for the second time … Continue reading →

Nelson just flew in yesterday for a visit, so the Penner brothers are reunited and looking for Trouble.  I am confident that this will mean Trouble in the Kitchen: strange ingredients, new recipes, and lots of experimentation.  I also think … Continue reading →

This afternoon I got a call from a very pleasant older-sounding gentleman who began his talk with “Hi, I’m calling from the Nielson Ratings . . .”  Right about then I started to shake with mirth.  But I answered his … Continue reading →

We’ve finished shelling this year’s bean crop. Varieties, clockwise from the left: Hidatsa Shield Figure, Koronis Purple, Topaz Pinto, Austrian Red Kidney, Jacob’s Gold, and Berwick (two bowls). Sydney

I’ve been doing some reading up recently on when pregnant women begin to “show.”  Not only does it vary widely, but the descriptions of the shapes of women that are more and less likely to show early on were outrageously … Continue reading →

We just made one of our biannual pilgrimages to the library book sale, resulting in a credit card charge of $10,000.75. Sydney