I love the month of November. This calm and quiet month is often overlooked, as it is stuck between spooky Halloween and sparkly Christmas rarely getting the attention it deserves. To me, November is the resting month before the frantic pace of the holidays. Cherishing shorter days, longer nights. Can’t we slow down life’s fast pace…
November. The 11th month of 2024. Already. Happy Saturday Meanderings day. I love writing this post and I cannot tell you how delighted I am when you take the time to share your thoughts and perspective. Honestly, your comments make my day. So on this first post of November, I want to thank you for…
I have such fond memories of Halloween growing up in Connecticut. My mother make our costumes and decorate the lamp post on the outside walkway with corn stalks. Together we would paint pumpkins with faces and add straw hats. Across the street was a graveyard and I would run by there as fast as possible…
As we near the end of the month (can you believe it?), this will be the last Saturday Meanderings in October 2024. I love this month and we continue to get glimpses of Fall temperatures, but Mother Nature keeps reminding us we live in the Valley of the Sun. Looks like it will officially cool…
My first experience with warm, delicious apple cider doughnuts was 10 years ago visiting my son at the University of Virginia. It was October 2014 and we visited Carter Mountain Orchard in Charlottesville~~where they served WARM apple cider doughnuts. I was in love. Every trip back for the next 4 years included a trip to…