Now when it comes to talking about Dia de los Muertos... as a white, middle aged, blond haired, green eyed guera, I consider myself no entitled-ass expert over here or anything. But know this- while I am not Mexican by birth I married one, we're raising three, AND I made alters for Dia de …
Continue reading Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda… no Offend-a
In the refrain of my last few years: the world lost another good one recently. (I am not, in fact, talking about John McCain, mind you. This one's a little closer to home.) I am both doing well and extremely sad- it'll hit at weird times. Watering the plants. Picking tomatoes. Randomly this sense of …
The garden in August is a lesson in survival and non-survival. Miss a day's watering and your three year old spirea is toast. (Not a hypothetical example). It's cut to the ground and is starting to leaf back out- that was touch and go though, it was in no way a given that it would …
Continue reading The Texas Garden in August aka Picante’s Inferno
Like dude, that title amiright? Agrodolce means something about sweet and sour, and I’m 90% sure it’s Italian. You don’t get that kind of half assed explanation outta the Barefoot Contessa, now do you! If you can’t blaze your own path, store bought is fine. This is the culmination of a long search for a …
Like a random word post, and it's been awhile, so figured I'd give it a whirl today. But first- I JUST realized that after I send a post live I often have some editing (misspelled words, etc.) that I correct and update. Those updates do NOT seem to be going to those of yall who …
