a mid-summer dinner

While there is so much talk about fall and back to school and back to work, I’m not ready to give up on you summer ’25 just yet; in fact,
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lay the good plates

A true plate and a linen napkin can turn take away pizza into a fun and memorable evening.
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two nights at Cliff House, Maine

Travel by car can get you places you might not think of going to. After a business board meeting in Portsmouth, NY we landed in Maine.
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red geraniums (overwintered)

These geraniums have been around for years, sometimes stored in the basement in the off season, and sometimes just brought into the house and put in front of a sunny window.
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spagetti for twenty

Making dinner at home for a crowd can come together with a good market run and an easy recipe for meatballs.
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plan your own party

I like to make things happen. It takes almost all of me, yet I don't know any other way.
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dinner on the lower deck

Dinner for three on the lower deck.
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entering a new decade

I’ve been entering a new decade for about a year now; my husband always tells me I’m closer to the next age than I was to the last. I think
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