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Hello. When I went off to college, my mother hid a box of Thank You cards in my luggage. She was always good at finding not-so-subtle ways to remind me to be a better person and to practice etiquette. But at the time, I thought it was a personal dig at me, as if she was reminding me of her role in my graduation to adulthood. So that semester, once a week, I sent her one of those cards with a small note about how I was doing and reminding her that I was behaving myself. When I went home...

Hello! Farms are wonderful places. Crisp dew in the early morning, the chickens clucking as the sun rises. The cows shuffling in the barn waiting for their morning milking. The cat making his way home from a night of hunting in the field. The solitude of farm life has its ups and downs. While the quiet has a special kind of stillness, it can be lonely. It's nice to hear from friends. That's not unique to farm life. No matter where you live, it's always nice to hear from those far away. Kasini House Cards is pleased to offer “On...

Hello! The kids are off to school. The boat is put away. The leaves, oh, the leaves are getting ready. You can just feel it. In the yard, the squirrels are busy packing away their treasures. Reminds me of a Robert Gibbs poem about a chipmunk, “This autumn when trees bolt, dark with the fires / Of starlight, he’ll curl among their roots...” You can read it here. Autumn is my favorite season for pie. They warm the kitchen and fill the house with cinnamon and nutmeg. There is a stillness to Fall that is different from other seasons. The...

Hello! Nothing connects us more than the food we eat. Think about it. Meals gather the family at the table. Grocery shopping is an opportunity to run into friends and acquaintances. A trip to the farmer’s market lets us meet the people who work the land to grow our food. And food brings so much color into our lives. Asparagus in Spring are often early shoots of green. What joy there is in the glistening yellow of lemons, the earthy oranges of carrots; the myriad of reds found in tomatoes and cherries. Beans and pears offer us a parade of...

Hello! For those of us in the Northeast, we are at the point in winter when it feels like the snow will never end. The joy of waking up to a fresh blanket of snow covering the land gives way to a quiet despondency when you realize the walkway to the house once again needs shoveling and the windshield of the car will have to be scraped before running out to the store. But don’t despair. In the beds around the house, underneath the heaps of snow, in the ground under the autumn leaves left to mulch, a field of...