Most of us grew up with a microwave perched somewhere in the kitchen, humming away as a symbol of convenience. Dinner in minutes, popcorn at the push of a button, TV dinners on a weeknight when life was busy — the microwave was marketed as a miracle. And for a long time, it really was. […]

There’s a hush in mid-July. The calendar may be full, the garden might be bursting, but there’s a quiet current running just underneath it all—a longing to breathe deeper, to move slower, to be instead of do. This is the sweet spot of summer. Slowing Down Summer It’s that time…the summer sports are wrapping up […]

There’s something magical about letting the sun do the steeping. Sun tea is the taste of slow summer afternoons in a mason jar. A Sun Steeped Refreshment I can still remember the glass thermos that grandma would make her sun tea in. It had a yellow plastic handle and literally said, “sun tea” on it. […]

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