I’m writing with good news and hazelnut chocolate cake (which means the news is extra good). On Wednesday my mom and I went out for coffee, and while we were waiting and chomping down on a scone, I got a text from our realtor...

I’m writing this from my childhood bedroom in my parents’ house. We’ve moved in with my folks for a few weeks to lighten the load of keeping the Portland house perfect for showings until the homestead is ready to move into. It’s been really...

Building a house is crazy. It feels like some parts take sooooo long, and weeks go by and the visual change is incremental. And then some aspects happen very quickly and all in a row, and then everything looks totally different and very very...

This morning I thoroughly watered the garden in preparation for yet another mini-heat wave. Yes, late summer is upon us. And with it, many 90+ degree days. It seems like the season is trying to squeeze every last drop of heat into our lives....

I’m bringing this cherry almond bundt cake to you from Missoula, Montana where we’re visiting Jeremy’s parents for the week. It’s been really wonderful to see them again after almost a year, and to spend a bit of time each day enjoying our favorite...

Summer makes me lazy. So when it’s too hot to turn the oven on, I love a good and quick pasta for dinner. Sure, there’s a brief period spent in front of the steamy stovetop when the pasta is boiling, but it’s short, and...

My first dahlia bloom unfurled this month, which means that summer is here in all her vibrant, cheerful glory. The explosion of flowers and veggies in the garden is well worth the constant wiping of sweat from my brow that comes with any visit...

Two posts in two weeks? Yep, I’m finally getting a bit of breathing room after the whirlwind of activity getting our Portland home ready for sale. And there is SO much that has happened over the past few months, so I will hop, skip,...

Well reader, this likely comes as no surprise since I’ve been writing about painting and packing and the building of the homestead, but we have officially put our Portland home on the market. This June marks a decade since we first moved into our...

It seems we’re due for a heat wave, so I’m coming in hot with a pleasantly lazy recipe that will preserve all the chive blossoms from your garden + the market before they wrinkle up in the dastardly sun. There’s some flavors I always...

  My life these days is a blur of paint buckets, brushes, plaster, and packing. The inkling I had in my last post about the flurry of painting that was in store proved to be correct. And while I made these buns over two...

I’m sitting here typing with my first tan of the year and dirt on my brow. Yes, I’ve been hard at work in the garden planting flowers from the nursery to spruce up the place (it looked a bit barren after I dug up...