Is it just me or is time on fast forward these days? I blinked and all of a sudden it was August. 8th! Summer has been full speed ahead this year, and unfortunately we haven’t been very lucky with the weather. Something like 24 days of rain in July had every one around here feeling a little down. My summer wardrobe has pretty much stayed tucked away in the back of…
“I wish you the courage to be warm when the rest of the world would like you to be cool. I wish you success sufficient to your needs; I wish you failure to temper that success. I wish you joy in all your days; I wish you sadness so that you may better measure joy. I wish you gladness to overbalance grief. I wish you humor and a twinkle in…
Hi y’all, today I am sharing a recipe for a simple salad spotlighting this summer’s glorious tomatoes over at Fruitive, Live Your Health blog. I wait all year for these beauties to show up at the market, and this year did not disappoint. While they don’t need much more than a drizzle of olive oil and some cracked black pepper, my love of all things sunkissed sort of took over…
The french have definitely mastered the art of l’apéritif; some salty nibbly bits and a glass of wine in the sun before dinner, taking time to relax and chat before rushing to the table and diving into the main meal. When I first arrived in France, I was always stumped on what to serve. I knew there would most likely be a cheese board after the meal, and bread would…