December Work List

December is the month of rituals, as we work to bring the old year to a close and assure that the sun will return again. There is not much to do in the gardens; they are tucked in for the winter. There are always house projects, but they are the sort that can wait, if a better offer comes along. So, the list is short.

·        Make the Christmas cards

·        Mail packages East

·        Hang the outside lights

·        Bake Lucia Buns and hike up Bald Hill at dawn

·        Light fires

·        Eat Latkes

·        Consider the Solstice

·        Set goals for the coming year

·        Bake bread, stolen, cookies, English muffins…

·        Paint the pantry

·        Visit

·        Read

·        Stare into space

·        Take long walks on the logging roads

Banana Pudding-- not at all local, but darn tasty!

Make a batch of pastry cream.

Whip a half pint of cream.

Slice bananas.

Eat a few Nilla Wafers and remember your grandmother.

Layer: Nilla Wafers, the half the pastry cream, then half the bananas, then half the whipped cream. Repeat. Decorate with Nilla Wafers.