Amy Artisan

As I’ve written about before, Harbor Country in Michigan is a favorite quick escape from the city - both as a daytrip or a weekend. This past Saturday was no exception - my friend Kristy was game for an outing. 
The goals for the day were simple:
- Pick up some vino for holiday gifts at Round […]

I find it interesting how quickly we can slip into routines. Initially some “new thing” may seem odd and then before you know it, it is “your” routine and any change to it causes you to pause.
While work travel might seem like a big distruption to routine, in reality a new set of routines emerged […]

In Flanders Fields
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with […]

When Miss Butterfly lived in Chicago, we had a fall tradition of going to Didier Farms to get pumpkins and apples. We would also pose Miss Butterfly in front of the cute “How Tall This Fall?” giant pumpkin growth chart. When the family moved to Texas last year we all agreed that the annual pumpkin […]