Summertime is in full swing here at Weaver’s Orchard! Sometimes the pace of life can be rather frantic, but there’s just something about the warm summer days and birds singing in the morning that beckons us outside. With my kiddos’…
Have you ever had this experience? You’re at a restaurant and you order something that strikes you as weird but intriguing. Next thing you know, you’re eating a magical combo, and for months afterward, you just want to eat it…
Winter decided to show up late this year. After teasing us with some beautiful weeks of sunshine and warmth, it hit us with a blizzard last Tuesday. My kids were beyond excited at the prospect of snow days! I was given…
“The days are long and the years are short as a mom,” a friend reminded me last week as we celebrated our son Rusty’s first birthday. It’s hard to believe that a year has come and gone so quickly! Among…
After the holiday season this year, I found myself with leftover fresh cranberries, and I thought vegan cranberry orange muffins might just be a delicious way to use them up! The orange in this recipe helped brighten our mood as…
After coming off the holidays, many people step on the scale and realize they have a little bit of work to do this coming year if they want to get or stay on track with their health goals. I for…
As 2016 draws to a close, New Year’s Eve always seems a bit anti-climatic in the wake of our December Christmas celebration. The hustle and bustle of food preparation amidst screaming children and the crushed candy canes under my heels.…
Christmas Eve conjures up magical memories for me. On that special night when we were children, my brothers and I were best friends. Tinsel danced in the colored lights as we poked at the packages under the tree and tried…
Let’s say you just finished eating an apple. You loved it. You start imagining more apples. Maybe even growing some in your backyard. So you look at gnawed apple in your hand. What happens if you plant the apple seeds nestled…
One of my favorite Christmastime tales is Truman Capote’s short story, “A Christmas Memory.” I dare you to read it without crying. If you have a soft spot for dogs, then I double-dare you. In it, a boy named Buddy, his childlike…