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A Homemade Life
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Weekend Reading – A Homemade Life and More
Posted by Tammy on November 9, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/11/09/weekend-reading-a-homemade-life-and-more/
Más de los Muertos
Carina
Posted by Tammy on November 4, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/11/04/photos-from-dia-de-los-muertos/
Badlands Weekend
Tucked away in isolation without a local grocery, refuse pick-up or wifi, one becomes immediately aware of consumption. This was the case when we visited the Malpai. The Malpai are the border lands between Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico. Translated, it is bad country named in a history before this according to the heat, the dryness, and the abundant wildlife. Here at the J& A Cattle Ranch we don’t see but know there are an abundance of mountain lion and bear, birds of prey and reptiles. This is wide open space homesteaded under Woodrow Wilson where you wake with the sun and spend time just spending time.
Back of the J&A Ranch
Posted by Tammy on October 27, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/10/27/malpai-borderlands-weekend/
Tammy’s Top Ten (t3 report) Reasons to Have Family Dinners
The kids have been back in school for nearly two months now – long enough for the sweet lazy days of summer to waft into a distant memory. While I miss the unstructured homework-free schedule, there is something reassuring to falling back into a routine.
One of the best parts of autumn is that our dinner time routine stabilizes so that I can look everyone in the eye over a meal and assess how the day has gone. Why I take such personal pleasure in this is probably because it was part of my food and family heritage but now, there are some compelling reasons why we ought to hold onto this tradition and it’s not just for memory’s sake. Here are 10 strong reasons to hold them regularly:
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Posted by Tammy on October 19, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/10/19/tammys-top-ten-t3-report-reasons-to-have-family-dinners/
Transitions
We’re stuck on the edge right now. Daily temperatures are reaching up to snag the hemline of summer’s skirt and hold her in place while comforting lentil and pumpkin soups are beckoning from cold-weather kitchens. Our kids are back in school and once again, have well established routines. It’s time to take inventory of the yard, clean it up and plant some winter flowers. I want to go hiking in the middle of a Saturday without risk of heat stroke and dehydration. I want the elections to be history. This year I’m ready for change but sometimes transitions are more difficult.
Heading into Autumn
Posted by Tammy on October 12, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/10/12/moving-from-a-summer-to-autumn-menu/
Weekend Reading – Eating Between the Lines and More
A Good Read:
Eating Between the Lines
The Supermarket Shopper’s Guide to the Truth Behind Food Labels
by Kimberly Lord Stewart
Posted by Tammy on October 5, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/10/05/weekend-reading-eating-between-the-lines-and-more/
Picnics with Papas
Baked. Fried. Crisped. Mashed. Scalloped. Hashed and Browned. I have a thing for potatoes. They’ve graced our table since I was born and my early aspirations to be a pilot were simply because I was certain that those were mashed potatoes dotting the sky.
Mashed?
Posted by Tammy on September 23, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/23/picnic-potato-salad/
Happy Birthday!
My sister recently sent me an email looking for advice on a gift for her soon-to-be 16 year old. My reply? Uh, we’re not that big on birthdays.
This View is a Gift
Posted by Tammy on September 17, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/17/happy-birthday-raw-sweet-potato-pie/
Light at Longwood
“My aim is to express, through the medium of ‘light’, simple fleeting moments of clarity, experiences of connection with the world.”
Installation Art of Bruce Munro
Posted by Tammy on September 12, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/12/light-at-longwood/
Oniondated!
The task of the poet is often to create the extraordinary from something household and mundane. Perhaps this is the reason the onion has been the focus of so many poems. Pablo Neruda wrote them as crystalline orbs holding magic within their layers. But today the final stanza of a Margaret Clark poem most appeals to me:
Onions
cannot help being metaphors; they would rather stay
mysteries in the moist soil. They would rather I unwrap
myself. If I could, I tell them through the blur, I would.
Worthy of Poetry?
Posted by Tammy on September 8, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/08/oniondated/
Tammy
A wife, a mom, an executive, a certified leadership coach and a breast cancer survivor. I love learning and I love to write and I'm often fascinated with the life lessons that come from my kitchen. Focusing on community-based Placemaking is the way that I work towards creating a healthier planet.
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