Between Writing my NaNo Novel and posting to Medium.com daily, I’ve let my posts to The Apples in My Orchard Slide a little bit. I thought I’d share some recent postings here: A travel post about Kauai – 11/21/22 A post about Kindness and whether or not acts of kindness need to be shared. 11/21/22…
Holidays
Poetry Friday: In Flander’s Field, A Poem for Veteran’s Day
Since I’ve been keeping up with my daily blog on Medium and writing each night on my NaNoWriMo novel, I do not have a poem of my own ready today. Veteran’s Day. Thus, I went searching for one on Poets.org where you can find poetry in the public domain. In Flanders Fields John McCrae – 1872-1918…
Foodie Monday: Ice Cream Treats
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted about food. And since it is Monday, and a holiday, I will share about the homemade ice cream we made last night. While getting to know the Mennonite community near our cabin, we found one of their stores. It is sure to become a favorite stop,…
Traditions of the Fourth
I don’t have many regrets about life. But, one I do have is that we lived in Baltimore for two years and we never went to the Concert- Fireworks on the Capitol lawn in Washington, D.C. You know, the one they show on PBS – a Capitol Fourth I think it is called. The time…
Foodie Monday: Cinco de Mayo Veg Style
We had friends over on Thursday night. A coworker of mine from the land trust we both worked at (and are now no longer working there) came for dinner with his wife. They are twenty-plus years younger than us but very enjoyable company. As it turned out, the date that worked for both us and…
Foodie Monday: Memories of Food
For Christmas last year, one of the gifts I bought my sister was about the restaurant history in Rochester, New York. We grew up in a western suburb, that was mostly rural at the time we lived there. Farms, farm stands, and the smell of cabbage permeated the air in the fall. Fresh tomatoes, corn,…
Foodie Monday: A Non-Traditional Easter Dinner
I decided after our Christmas ham was largely left uneaten after Christmas dinner that hams are not a great choice for our small family. Thus, when I planned our Easter dinner, I told my husband and our one son who was able to come home that we’d be having my manicotti instead. Manicotti is a…
Silent Sunday: Adult Refreshments
Today is Silent Sundy, it is a day when I post my own photographs on a theme of my choosing. Thanks for stopping by!
Acts of Love
Recently, I’ve been more apt to tell the people I care deeply about that I love them. This mostly applies to my boys, my husband, and a few close friends. I want the people I care about to know it. And, while I’ve never had a problem saying those three little words, they seem to…
Vintage Sales
If you’ve read recent posts, you know my husband and I have been cleaning out. This week was productive as we took a whole carload of stuff over to our local reuse-it store. I also have a tote ready to go to the consignment store where I occasionally take gently used household items or knick-knacks…