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My mom and I spent the day Friday going to garage sales. Along the way, I picked up a sweet set of French recipes in the form of jumbo playing cards: One recipe stood out to me right away. I’ve been wanting to make homemade mayonnaise for a while now, and that was one of [...]
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Handmade Neighborhood last weekend was at the Winona History Center. While I was there, I had the pleasure of seeing a particularly interesting segment of one of the historical exhibits: Are you curious about why it was so interesting? Because my darling mother is one of the community collectors being featured! Here’s me and my lovely [...]
When I was little, I didn’t like cleaning my room. I had an overwhelming tendency to put it off until my mom made me, usually with some sort of dangling carrot (you got a new magazine today! Clean your room if you want to read it.) or if things were really bad, by punishment (you’re not [...]
1. Wash the damn spoon A friend of mine shared this image on Facebook and it positively sings to me. Yes! That! I agree! 2. The coming of spring It’s imminent, I can feel it. Even if I can’t see it. Here in Minnesota, we still have snow on the ground, even though the stupid lying [...]
I had a spectacular thrifting day Saturday! I tried to go to the grocery store, but it closed ten minutes before I got there. So I had no choice but to stop in at the thrift store next door and see what was what. And I came out with a cartful of lovely goods, most [...]
Fresh off the virtual presses! I’ve contributed an article for this spring’s Gatherings magazine, which just went live this morning. Check out page 64 to read my Secrets to a Successful Vintage Hunt (that’s right, I’m spilling all my treasure-hunting tips!). I love this magazine, because it is filled with so many of my favorite [...]
This song…sings to my heart. WARNING: Totally not safe for work. And if you aren’t cool with swearing, you’re going to want to skip this one. No for real, ask your grandpa, can I have his hand-me-downs? And also, because I feel the need to add some substance to this post, here is a link [...]
Sometimes a thing is just a thing….just a dish, just a book, just a scarf. But sometimes it’s more. Sometimes it’s a little piece of history. Sometimes it’s a reminder of where you came from. Sometimes it’s a small part your story, or a momento of someone you love. Over the summer, Jon and I [...]
I got my new camera! And I love it! Still learning how to use it, but as promised, I have some snapshots of our Christmas tree to show you today. I find it funny that growing up, I swore up and down that I’d always have a tree that “matched”. I loved the ones that [...]
I’m one of those people who reads cookbooks. For fun. Although I love to cook without recipes a lot of the time, I also love to learn methods and get ideas for flavor combinations and new ways to cook foods that are in season and abundant. I try to keep my collection of cookbooks to [...]
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