We are not promised tomorrow Be kind today. We are not promised tomorrow Pay your debts, forgive those owed you. We are not promised tomorrow Don’t delay, do it now. We are not promised tomorrow Cross everything that doesn’t matter off your list. We are not promised tomorrow Savor today: Watch the sun rise Work […]

To tweet, or not to tweet, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the long run to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous egos, Or to take steps against their stream of cackles And by quitting, end them? To leave for silence, No more; and in that silence will I end In heart-ache […]

“Did I ever tell you about the day after you were born?” I asked my youngest as we headed out to lunch. “I was so euphoric. I knew all my children.” She confirmed that I had told her. “Many times,” she said. It’s one of my life’s vivid moments: sitting in bed on a Sunday […]

Aside from being both quick and delicious, I love that Soup of White Beans and Winter Greens has a fairly low carbon footprint, especially now that I can grow greens in my greenhouse. After transportation, food production and waste are the next biggest contributors to climate degradation. I’ve become aware of how I can mitigate […]

The Batavian endive I’m growing in the greenhouse is not the pale-leafed head shaped like a torpedo, but something more akin to leafy escarole, which would be a great substitute. So would kale, collards or chard. My recipe for a soup of White Beans and Winter Greens is adapted from Marcella Hazan’s recipe for Zuppa […]