Michelle BarrettApr 20, 20202 minbest ever gluten free banana bread.If you're like me (and by the looks of it, a billion other people on the internet), you didn't eat the bananas you bought a couple weeks...
Michelle BarrettMar 2, 20202 minMeet the Maker: Earth Harbor Naturals.I bet that if you are a creative - what you were drawn to as a child has informed who you are today, as an adult. I used to build forest...
Michelle BarrettMar 2, 20202 minMeet the maker: Shepherd's Run JewelryBack when I signed my first lease in 2016, I wasn't planning on opening a boutique. The election had just happened, I was a craft show...
Michelle BarrettAug 3, 20192 minFive Hour Vacation: North ShoreI imagine most folks reading this have paid vacation time, sick days, and other things generally found in the "pros" column of working...
Michelle BarrettJul 30, 20191 minBook Report: Where the Crawdads SingFrom the very start, this book pulled me in, and mesmerized me all the way through. The main character is a mess of wildness and poetry,...
Michelle BarrettMar 30, 20192 minMagical Maynard.On any day of the week, no matter the weather, you might see a petite woman in sun glasses, wide brimmed hat, and possibly wearing an...
Michelle BarrettMar 28, 20194 minAccidentally vegan.I have lived on my own since I was 19, and one of the things I learned from my parents that I took with me as an adult providing for...
Michelle BarrettMar 20, 20192 minFirst day of spring, and my love of radishes.If you garden, the first jewels of the growing season are often beautiful, orbital or oblong, fiery or sweet spring dug radishes. The nip...
Michelle BarrettMar 13, 20192 minGluten free pasta. Don't gnocch it, till you try it. I love a kitchen project. I have been making a ritual of Sundays lately, batch cooking several things that will make feeding myself...
Michelle BarrettMar 10, 20192 minBook report: HausMagic by Erica FeldmanA few years ago, I went on a solo day trip to Salem, MA in search of some inspiration. At the time, I didn't think that owning a shop was...
Michelle BarrettMar 2, 20191 minBook report: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. by Mark Manson. When it comes to self help books, or anything labeled as personal development, I resist - heavily. I have a pervasive and unexplained...
Michelle BarrettMar 2, 20192 minSuperfood pesto.How are you holding up this winter? If you have even the slightest tendency towards SAD, then by now - the grey days and constant...
Michelle BarrettMar 2, 20195 minSkillet granola.I am not the "up and at 'em" type. Furthermore, I generally open my eyes each day with a bed to myself, and - especially on the windy...
Michelle BarrettFeb 27, 20192 minBeet pickled eggs.Beet-pickled eggs are a treat for the senses. Not only are they delicious, adding shredded beets to the pickling liquid imparts a...
Michelle BarrettFeb 27, 20191 minRadicchio + winter citrus salad.Do you like bitter greens? Endive, radicchio, arugula, frisse, watercress, broccoli rabe? I was at a talk a while back being given by an...
Michelle BarrettFeb 27, 20192 minBahn Mi crostini.I did these as a riff on the Bon Me staples when I went gluten free, and barely miss the original. Those deviled tea eggs, though. Those...