Sunday dawned even earlier than Saturday. Spirits at the continental breakfast were subdued, as if by then all attendees felt “rode hard and put away wet,” as the Southern saying goes. Nicki Salcedo ‘fessed up that she’d gone to bed … Continue reading
Category Archives: Workshops and conferences
I rolled out of Raleigh about 6:15 Thursday morning 11 September, expecting a 3.5 hour drive to Boone. Drizzle made an inauspicious traveling companion. More unwelcome was the thick fog that lowered over Highway 421 just west of Winston-Salem. In … Continue reading
Friday 12 September didn’t dawn bright and clear in Boone. That nasty fog still socked us in. Around 8:00 a.m., when I was ready to leave, Marcia got in her car and drove out ahead of me, like a pilot … Continue reading
Lucy Doll and I had decided to cook a breakfast for each other. Saturday morning the 14th, I cooked steel-cut oats with dried cherries and blueberries, allspice, flax seeds, and walnuts. Usually I add some pure maple syrup. We tried … Continue reading
Sunday morning, 14 September, Lucy cooked eggs scrambled with kale and bell peppers. You wouldn’t think of that combination for breakfast, but it was delicious. I’ve since tried it on my teenagers, and they like it, too. I left Burnsville … Continue reading
CFCF, held in Wilmington, NC, the weekend closest to Halloween, is a regional conference now in its sixth year. Proceeds from the keynote dinner Saturday night benefit the Guardian ad Litem program, which acts as an advocate for children in … Continue reading