Comments on: Farm Days

By: Lanier Ivester

Lanier Ivester — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:53:37 +0000

No, Marla–they are a variation on a Martha recipe, but not from the magazine. Don’t you just love Everyday Food? I keep ‘rediscovering’ recipes in my old ones…

By: Marla Northcutt

Marla Northcutt — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:36:37 +0000

Carrot muffins. Yum! I haven’t made those, I think, since before Henry was born. I vaguely remember the recipe in Everyday Food. Did you make yours up from scratch?

By: Islandsparrow

Islandsparrow — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:17:19 +0000

Lanier – you write like a poet – your words are like food. I am inhaling the wood smoke – frolicking in the golden leaves – and sitting by the fire along with you. So lovely – thank you.

By: Brenda N

Brenda N — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:39:57 +0000

I can just imagine what your morning was like. I’d love to have cows and those names are great. My mother always called cows “Bessie”. It must have had something to do with her childhood. No cows for our house, though. Today I tried to talk my husband into goats since he complains about mowing our property. It didn’t work.

Recently neighbors have been clearing land farther into the woods by our house. The aroma of woodsmoke is a favorite of mine, too. I sat on my porch and inhaled it like a perfume (once I knew the woods weren’t on fire accidently!).

So glad you are writing again!

By: heartandhome

heartandhome — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:25:36 +0000

Just reading your post makes me feel a little cooler and the air a little more crisp. Fall comes later for us in the desert, but I relish the beginning of it just as much, if not perhaps more, than those who live in places with “real” season changes. We have one tree in our tiny yard, but it produces enough big golden leaves for a few good fallen leaf fights. About this time of year, despite our often triple digit temperatures, we like to pretend it’s cool outside by turning down our air conditioner and having some of our favorite soups and biscuits for dinner. I think that, were it not for how much I also love winter, I would be happy to live in the autumn the rest of my days.