Melia Notes

Santa Lucia day is Decem­ber 13. This hol­i­day is cel­e­brated through­out Scandinavia.

I’m most inter­ested in its cel­e­bra­tion in Nor­way, at the Son’s of Norway’s Grieg Lodge/Norse Hall here in Port­land (my daugh­ter, Lucy will be crowned Santa Lucia – come see her!), and in our own house. Tra­di­tion­ally, …

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You may know me in any of a num­ber of dif­fer­ent con­texts, but today I’m writ­ing to make sure you know about me in rela­tion to one of my favorite things — wine.

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The Dun­ge­ness Crab sea­son is off to a record-breaking start!  Yum!  The rich­ness of crab — espe­cially when paired with but­ter and/or cream — is a won­der­ful anti­dote to the cold, dark days of early win­ter.  …

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