A story about a grandmother who cooked for a lumber camp, crystal pickle dishes on a dining room table, and the preserves I've spent decades trying to recreate.

A smokey pulled pork recipe made in the slow cooker — tender, saucy, and perfect on crusty buns. Plus a story about slow living and coming home to dinner already done.

A story about early motherhood, narrow little fence gardens, a crab-apple tree that didn't make the move — and the habit of filling jars that did.