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Another Romantic Season Ahead
It's a bit gray and cloudy this morning, the kind of day that hints at the season to come. The week's harvest moon made its appearance spectacularly as a super […]
Giving It Up For Lent
This has nothing to do with romance and food but a lot to do with chocolate which, you may recall, is right up there in my pantheon of important things […]
Out of the Doldrums and Looking for Spring
This time of year always seems to me to be a long slog into spring. The snow and ice are gone to be replaced by rain and wind. Valentine's Day, the […]
It’s Here!
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, in case you missed the heart shaped balloons, boxes of candy in red hearts and/or paper wrappings, kits of kids cards to make and take to […]
The Countdown Continues
No, not for the Olympics, although there are plenty of people doing that, especially on NBC. I'm talking about Valentine's Day! It's almost here. Ready for a few more suggestions […]
Make Way For Romance
We're about two weeks out from Valentine's Day, a day many people (particularly greeting card companies and florists) would say is the day for romance. Now, as much as I […]
Need I Say More?
I could end this post with that quote above. But I won't. No self-respecting writer will turn down the chance to write more words. So, here we go. It's the […]
What’s Romantic About Halloween?
Depends on how much fun you think it is to dress in costume, eat chocolate and answer the door a few dozen times during dinner. If you like pretending you're Juliet […]
Spring is in the Air–So’s the Rain
It’s Friday. It’s spring. It’s the Pacific Northwest. And it's going to rain this weekend. Apparently we need it so I guess I won’t complain. So romantic weekend dates will […]
First Things First
Curious about what’ “A Loaf of Bread, a Glass of Wine and Candles” is all about? It's about romance, my friends, it's all about food and romance. I’m a local […]