Comments on: Back to School http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/19/back-to-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-to-school Girl-friendly points of view from women living midlife with humor and grace, keeping it real—staying young and healthy in heart and mind. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Leah Rubin http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/19/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Leah Rubin Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:51:48 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=2610#comment-1502 Oh great-- now I'm so hungry for apricot jam I may have to go purchase a crate of fruit to cook up a batch! And that will require a homemade bread to smear it on... There goes my diet and all my so-called resolve! (But what a way to go.) Oh great– now I’m so hungry for apricot jam I may have to go purchase a crate of fruit to cook up a batch! And that will require a homemade bread to smear it on… There goes my diet and all my so-called resolve! (But what a way to go.)

]]> By: Cathy http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/19/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1494 Cathy Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:04:15 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=2610#comment-1494 Can't wait to hear how the tart and apricot deep-fried donuts turn out. Please report back. Yes, I'll be happy with local honey too, locavores unite! Can’t wait to hear how the tart and apricot deep-fried donuts turn out. Please report back. Yes, I’ll be happy with local honey too, locavores unite!

]]> By: Barb G. http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/19/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 Barb G. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:37:50 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=2610#comment-1493 This August is the best ever for me. After 30 years teaching and 12 years in textbook publishing where August is a month of new beginnings, new challenges and hectic times, I've finally had an August of blueberry picking (blueberry lemon tarts, yumm!, learning to smoked salmon, long beach walks, and dahalia bouquets. It wasn't until your post that I even gave school a thought! Ah... retirement- what joy! This August is the best ever for me. After 30 years teaching and 12 years in textbook publishing where August is a month of new beginnings, new challenges and hectic times, I’ve finally had an August of blueberry picking (blueberry lemon tarts, yumm!, learning to smoked salmon, long beach walks, and dahalia bouquets. It wasn’t until your post that I even gave school a thought! Ah… retirement- what joy!

]]> By: Tam http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/19/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 Tam Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:16:37 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=2610#comment-1492 I LOVE this Melissa! I LOVE this Melissa!

]]> By: mellimel http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/19/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 mellimel Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:14:40 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=2610#comment-1491 Hey friends, Thank you for all the recipes. I am trying the cornmeal tart and the knedliky on Saturday. I have now made 3 batches of jam. The first 6 jars I fear won't be good. The second 3 might and the third three might made with 2 and 3 cups of sugar respectively. Yes Cat I will try a batch with Agave but in keeping with Slow food I might prefer local honey. We shall see. Hey friends,
Thank you for all the recipes. I am trying the cornmeal tart and the knedliky on Saturday.
I have now made 3 batches of jam. The first 6 jars I fear won’t be good. The second 3 might and the third three might made with 2 and 3 cups of sugar respectively. Yes Cat I will try a batch with Agave but in keeping with Slow food I might prefer local honey. We shall see.

]]> By: Linda Myers http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/19/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Linda Myers Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:16:25 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=2610#comment-1490 Melissa-Thanks for helping me revisit childhood memories: Visiting my aunt and uncle in New Mexico and picking apricots and cotton. Watching my aunt make chile rellenos. Seeing the ristras hung from the eaves, smelling onions perfuming the fields. New Mexico-Land of Enchantment! Melissa-Thanks for helping me revisit childhood memories: Visiting my aunt and uncle in New Mexico and picking apricots and cotton. Watching my aunt make chile rellenos. Seeing the ristras hung from the eaves, smelling onions perfuming the fields. New Mexico-Land of Enchantment!

]]> By: dearpru http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/19/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 dearpru Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:32:15 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=2610#comment-1489 An evocative post; you set the scene so beautifully and with so many delicious sights, sounds and smells. Yum! By the way, New Mexico doesn't sound all that different from Vermont--except for the piñón and roasting chiles! An evocative post; you set the scene so beautifully and with so many delicious sights, sounds and smells. Yum!

By the way, New Mexico doesn’t sound all that different from Vermont–except for the piñón and roasting chiles!

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