Watermelon sandwiches are late summer treat
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When Joani Deuel’s two grandkids, Hunter and Parker, come to visit in Dublin, California, they’ve learned to expect the unexpected from a grandmother ... Continue Reading →
Squeeze in last outings before summer passes
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So little time left, and so much yet to do. Do you feel that way this month, realizing that warm and long summer days soon will come to an end?
Chatting over the fence, ... Continue Reading →
Tap into the power of fresh flowers
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“You can have your cake and blossoms too,” was the greeting my friend Janet proclaimed when she arrived for coffee time on my deck.
Carrying a freshly baked ... Continue Reading →
Turn nature finds into artful sunprints
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“You know, it makes a fellow think, The shape of you, the shape of me, the shape of everything I see …” begins Dr. Seuss in one of his whimsical, poetic ... Continue Reading →
Make a family-style salade niçoise
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It’s market time! On weekend mornings, I like to saunter through our neighborhood farmers market amid the crowds of people in shorts and sandals who, ... Continue Reading →
No-Cook Gazpacho is taste of Spain
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Stir up a no-cook meal for your family on a hot summer day. Just spin the globe until your finger lands on Spain, and think gazpacho! The season’s freshest ... Continue Reading →
Fresh green beans make tasty dish
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My introduction to green beans was the canned variety. My mother was such a great cook that she managed to make them taste delicious, but green beans were not a vegetable ... Continue Reading →
Friendship bracelets are summer classic
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As I latched a favorite bracelet made of reindeer leather and spun silver/pewter designed by the Sami artisans in the north of Sweden around my wrist, I couldn’t help ... Continue Reading →
Photos capture travel memories
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Jet-lagged, a friend and I recently bumped into each other at the gym – she just back from France, and me from two weeks in Morocco. I asked her what her trip highlight ... Continue Reading →
Make star-spangled sculptures for Fourth of July picnic
#Middlebury #FourthofJuly #IndependenceDay
Oh-h-h say, can you see … that your middle-school-age kids actually can be pulled away from their video games and cellphones? As you ... Continue Reading →
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