Baby, it's cold outside today! Just look - I can see my breath. Did I mention it's cold outside? Love Me Tender No matter how many years we live here, how much we talk about it, or how much we plan for it, when really cold days arrive, we Southerners are always caught by surprise. Like, “What happened?!?”  We never fail to exclaim, “Oh, it’s so cold!”  Profound, huh? Then we repeat it throughout the day and into the night. And of course, we must do the breath test and compare

As we cycle into the deepest days of winter respite, I’m anything but  respiting. No, while the world around me is quieting down, I’m gearing up—preparing to sow the seeds for my spring flings: tomatoes, okra, peas, eggplants, peppers, squash, and anything else that catches my fancy. Now, before you think I’ve completely lost my gardening mind, let me claify - these aren’t the same seeds I’ve talked about sowing directly into the winter earth for overwintering. Those hardy va

Well!.... Hello!  Welcome to December.  Did you miss me?  I took a week off. (and I’m even kind of slacking this week)  I didn’t mean to, but it seemed like the world stopped for a moment, and I get swept up in the stillness.  Thankfully, It was filled with beautiful surprises.  Thanksgiving and gratitude.  I hope yours was as well.  Rest assured, even though I wasn’t communicating, I was a busy bee. And, I did think about and miss you.  Now, here we are in December.  Most of