We braved the wild week’s weather, and we didn’t miss a thing.

This week I open and close the Yellow Springs Winter Market. The 2014 market runs 9am to 11:30am each Saturday from January through March at 202 S Winter Street.

Layer on loving layer, we survive these cold temperatures. Starting with our toes, we take the bitterness out of winter and replace it with a steady flowing inner glow.

After many hours in the company of our slow cooker, we were by intoxicated the aroma of sweet, spiced meat. And newly resolved to prepare pulled pork often.

Our family ventures into Glen Helen and discovers some of its close held secrets.

On the darkest day of the year, I am glad to find myself in the company of those who forge healing light.

I learn the dimensions of my bread pan by filling its span with Paul Reinhart’s recipe for whole wheat sandwich bread.

Put a satisfying side dish on your plate on this snowy day.

The next generation definitely is getting the knack of these holiday traditions. In them, we glimpse our legacy.

Amy makes her first pumpkin pie and… well… it was respectable.