Kathy's Peace

 After the first couple of BLT's or caprese salads there are few other dishes that sing summer's praises like the tomato pie.  Even restaurants like our favorite, 82 Queen in Charleston, join in with their versions.
Here's mine:
Roasting the tomatoes (after draining them for an hour or two) adds both sweetness and an interesting flavor to the fruit.  I roast them at 450 degrees on an oiled baking sheet with purple onion, olive oil, a sprinkling of onion powder and dried basil...

 It’s been like living on Hell’s front porch in Maryland this month. (Did you know that during the Revolutionary War, French mercenaries were paid tropical pay when stationed in DC (which is carved out of VA and MD)?  For the last week the dew point...

 Like all of us there have been times in my life in which I actually wondered, "Will I get through this, and how?"
In the late 80s I decided to return teaching, and to apply in the county in which we lived and where our three teenaged children were in school.  Being on the same schedule would make things a lot easier.  I had let my certification lapse and so had...

 These are my favorite two months of the year.  The woodlands are bursting with blooms, both verdant and fragrant.  The smell of wild honeysuckle in the evenings is particularly comforting to me.  I spend much of my time in the gardens: surveying; weeding...