I could listen to Zooey Deschanel sing all day long. She has a beautifully rich voice. The style of “She & Him” is fun, sort of 50s sounding “piano pop” songs with a sprinkling of country and flamenco. Take a listen at…She and Him… Happy listening, ~Melissa
“In Europe we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.” ~Ernest Hemingway ‘A Movable…
“I don’t like gourmet cooking or “this” cooking or “that” cooking. I like good cooking.” ~James Beard I’ve been saving these little recipes for quite some time so I could eventually share them with you. Every day I kind of flip past them when I’m paging through the eight bazillion ideas I have on my…
“We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; …
When I was going through book titles deciding what one to review next I could hardly believe that I’d somehow forgotten to tell you about this book. It’s one of my favorites. Such a beautiful book. A perfect springtime or “beach bag” read for summer… A historical take on Alice Sebold’s “The Lovely Bones,” “The…