The leaves are changing, the nights are cooling, and somehow…our menu changes, too. There are apples in orchards–we’re visiting one this afternoon–and pumpkins to be picked and carved, and the last bit of summer goodness to eat. I had the best tomato salad EVER on W.A. Frost’s patio on Thursday night. I’ve always said this, […]
Plush Pumpkins
When my mom was visiting in July, we headed up to 50th & France in Edina–always a fun place to browse–and we ducked into Garden Gate Flowers, an out-of-this-world floral shop. We saw these scrumptious, mouth-watering velvet pumpkins (see photo) and couldn’t resist the urge to poke and prod…and basically, try to figure out how […]
Have You Ever?
Tonight is her second of two concerts in St. Paul. I’m so looking forward to it. I don’t want to leave you out, if you’re not going…or if you’ve never heard of her. So, here’s her song “Have You Ever.” I could listen to her all day. Today, my dear reader, may you know that […]
Agreeing to Disagree…Without Hard Feelings
“There was once a boy name Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself–not just sometimes, but always,” begins The Phantom Tollbooth. I figured I should read this modern sort of Alice in Wonderland, since I missed it as a child. So clever. So funny. So outrageously creative. Milo is given a odd little […]
Cicadas
I’ll miss the cicadas when they go. They’ve kept us company all summer. To me, they stand for all the good things of warm weather: to have the doors flung open every morning, to hear the wind through the aspens, and to listen to strains we don’t hear during the winter months. Plus, cicadas are […]