March arrived here on our Vermont hilltop with a lot of snow. Thirteen inches on Saturday! It’s a great time of year to enjoy winter sports. Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing are our favorites. Joe and I don’t downhill ski or snowboard. My Black River series is set during a cold New England winter. I wrote…
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Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a great day to celebrate and appreciate love and those we love. Also for flowers and chocolate. 🙂 Here in Vermont we enjoy Lake Champlain Chocolates and everything Mother Myrick’s. Our roses won’t be in bloom for a while yet (our gardens are still covered in snow) but here are some Irish…
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A pot of mulled wine simmering on our wood stove is such a treat! Our wood stove came in handy this past weekend when a nor’easter hit Vermont hard with extensive power outages. We were out from Friday to Sunday evening. Other people are still without power but we see hardworking crews out there and…
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We’re expecting snow this week. No better time to repost my recipe for hot chocolate! It appears in my Swift River Valley Christmas novel, A Knights Bridge Christmas, which happens to be on sale in eBook for just $1.99. HOT CHOCOLATE Ingredients 1 cup cocoa (I use Dutch-processed Droste) 1/2 cup sugar (or to taste) 1/3…
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I posted this recipe a couple of years ago. It’s a family favorite. When I was growing up, my Dutch father would make spritz cookies throughout the Christmas season. My six brothers and sisters and I all loved to help. The buttery smell of the cookies warm from the oven is a great memory and something…
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