Author: cjbudris

Spring Mix

In Stitches… I’m beginning the fourth and final “Spring Mix” project. I’m really loving this yarn. I bought it a few years ago and waited until it matched designs that were floating in my head….

Food Focus

I was entirely over-focused on food yesterday. And today. Entirely. But I’m also entirely okay with the results. Entirely. Sunday soup was a delicious re-run of beef barley- I was giddy when I remembered I…

Sunday Soup

Sunday Soup options were discussed and a shopping list scribbled on the back of an envelope. I like to be in the kitchen on Sundays, so I bypass easy, quick soups. Music on, we play…

Fern

I’ve waited so long… Fern, I’ve wanted you since the moment I saw your picture. You played hard to get, but you know I’m not a gal who gives up. We’ve barely begun, but I’m…

Feel the Love… In Stitches

My fingernails are dipped in a color called “Les Champs Elysees,” a good neutral for my fair, peachy-pink skin tone. They click against the crochet hook as my hands and fingers dance, pulling soft yarn…

1,078 Days

Hanging out in Mama’s kitchen with Carole King and James Taylor, my hands were deep into the large yellow Pyrex bowl, mixing up a meatloaf like I’ve done hundreds of times before. Rings off, my…

Snow day

The snow clinging to branches along Main Street were an irresistible invitation. Coffee ready. Layers and boots on. I prepare myself for the wind tunnel that usually greets my face only to find the crisp…

What’s for lunch ?

Spinach, eggs and bacon become two ways yummy. I began cooking bacon, prepping baby spinach and cracking 10 eggs for egg bites. But looking at those 2 remaining eggs, the rest of the spinach and…