Annie at Home

Meditations From the Farmer’s Market

annie — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:09:40 +0000

One of my favorite things about this summer has been our town’s farmer’s market. It’s become part of the rhythm of our week, as we seek to establish some routine in our new home and community. Sundays: church. Tuesdays: library class. Thursdays: Farmer’s Market. Beginning to work in our gardens and buying local produce as it’s [...]

Curious Thoughts on Summer Reading

annie — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:23:46 +0000

I love our new library, which is my old library, which is now diamonds. (Hmmm…apparently one should not attempt creative writing while her husband watches Old Spice commercials on youtube in the background.) But really, back to the library (which really was my library when I was a little girl): My love for the library [...]

Homemade Ricotta

annie — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:23:06 +0000

I have a love/hate relationship with real, bonafide recipe books, because they're always chock full of drool-inducing photographs of food that I do not have the ingredients to make. But when a sweet lady at the library gently forced Sara Moulton's Everyday Dinners upon me a few weeks ago, I was shocked to see how easy it is to make homemade ricotta cheese. (And with a one year old in the house, we always have lots of whole mild products on hand: score!) I was missing a few ingredients from Sara Moulton's recipe, but quickly found this one by David Lebowitz at Simply Recipes. It was ridiculously easy to make, and so good.

Kuplink. Kuplank. Kuplunk.

annie — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:40:17 +0000

Guess what we did this weekend (Friday, actually). That’s right. Blueberry picking. At a local farm. I remember picking berries with my mom & sisters as a kid. It’s an ideal activity for little, tiny people. And there’s nothing like the taste of berries fresh off the bush – warmed by the sun. Can you see her leaping off the ground, in [...]

The Bread of Idleness & the Spinach of Rest

annie — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:20:02 +0000

Oh, those long gone days when my babies would fall asleep anywhere, anytime, all the time, and transfer without stirring from person to person, from carseat to crib and back again. Such thick, deep sleep. Such trusting rest. Ironically, even as I've been mulling over thoughts of rest today, even as I rediscovered this sweet old photograph, these same dear children have joined forces to wage ultimate war against nap time and bedtime. But I digress...

Table Etiquette [summer edition]

annie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:23:21 +0000

Is this normal summer behavior, or could the heat be affecting their brains? Hmmm….

American Pie :: Weekend Recap

annie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:47:40 +0000

Hope your weekend was as delicious as our strawberry-rubarb pie was! We had a blast catching up with old friends, getting to know new friends (who knew acting like a crazy person photographing pies on your front porch could be such a great ice-breaker!) and working on our never-ending house projects. Good conversation, good food, [...]

Love is the Color Orange

annie — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:54:51 +0000

Do you know what this is? Love. “No, no,” you say, “this is a too-orange room, with cheap inexpensive vinyl flooring.” Oh, no. This room speaks of the kind of love I share with Ted. The kind of love that loves my favorite color because he loves me. The kind that works side by side. It’s a [...]

Her Kids Make

annie — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:30:29 +0000

I discovered not too long ago that a dear friend (who makes amazing creations in the kitchen and is always trying something new) is blogging about her kids adventures in creating. We’re talking food, crafts, homemade paper - all kinds of making going on! She records their adventures in pictures & video on her super-pretty [...]

Oh-oh, those summer days…

annie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:41:47 +0000

Oh, poor neglected little blog. Sorry to have ignored you so long. It's just that it's been so nice out, and there have been so many fun summery things to do...