Seasons at Rosebriar

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  • Taking Advantage of Fool’s Spring at Rosebriar

    After weeks of frigid temperatures, ice, and even a few snowflakes, Alabama has gifted us what every Southerner knows well… fool’s spring. One day we’re dressed for the North Pole, the next, we’re pulling out T-shirts by afternoon. While the… Continue reading

    Taking Advantage of Fool’s Spring at Rosebriar

  • Thirteen Snowflakes & Comfort of Ordinary Meals

    February has been freezing outside and warm inside; steam on the windows, carrots from our garden, shrimp shells turning into stock, bread rising while the world slowed for thirteen snowflakes. My newest post is about finding joy and peace in… Continue reading

    Thirteen Snowflakes & Comfort of Ordinary Meals

  • What We’re Picking in the Garden Midsummer (& What We Do with It)

    Late-July/Early-August Notes from Rosebriar Farmette… Midsummer has settled in over our little place like a heavy quilt; sun-drenched days, mosquitos the size of tennis balls, and the kind of heat that makes everything shimmer (mostly with sweat). We’ve had more… Continue reading

  • A Midsummer Ramble

    There was a time, believe it or not, some thirty-five years ago (wow … that was extremely painful to write), when I dreamed of corner offices and coffee-fueled deadlines. I was a freshman at Lipscomb University majoring in pre-law and… Continue reading