In Donata's Kitchen

  • Entry #9: A List, I love lists, and I love imagining what the garden will bring and what the local producers will offer and what sort of food, flavor, remedy, and decor I can make with it all Ghee Applesauce Pear sauce Plum sauce Canned apples Canned pears Canned plums…

    Continue reading →: Put-ups and preserves for 2025

  • Entry #8: listing through my reflection of the word Hearth Art of the hearth Hestia Vesta Persephone Diana Hearth and home Keep the home fires burning Gathering around the hearth Stone Fire Light Light keepers Light workers To gather around the hearth Together Warmth Womb Belly Breasts Calabrese Tradition Ritual…

    Continue reading →: #Hearth

  • Entry #7 I remember once, when I was angry, I decided I was going to burn it all down, not literally, but within myself. It was the time of #metoo, and for me there were just too many examples of me too. I wanted retribution and I wanted men to…

    Continue reading →: When I was angry

  • Entry #6: List of shoulds and to-dos and I’m gonnas I’m enjoying this liminal space between christmas and new years immensely. Thoughts that are swarming through my head include: *What will the new year bring, of course *I really need to focus on an anti-inflammatory lifestyle *I really need to…

    Continue reading →: Winter Thoughts

  • Entry #5 If you had but a moment to grab what you needed from your home before it was taken by fire. _____________________________________________________________________ Katherine Fugate, author of some of my favorite Rom-Coms, Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Day, posed a prompt for today: What would you bring with you.  It…

    Continue reading →: What would you bring with you?

  • Entry #4 I have cravings. so many cravings. Lately i’ve been craving potluck standards from the late 80s and early 90s. I imagine things like hot dogs and macaroni and cheese along with the standards like that delicious broccoli salad with the red onions, sunflower seeds, and bacon. Meatballs in…

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  • Entry #3 Written 8/15/25, taking a good look through it again as I’m half way through to 52.

    Continue reading →: 51 notes to myself for my 51st year.

  • Entry #2 This summer I was treated to a reading with the Herbcrafter’s Tarot. The card drew for me was Blackberry. The reader asked what the card brought up for me. I immediately thought of my struggle with the Blackberries in my yard. How they spread and overtook garden beds.…

    Continue reading →: The Devil, Blackberries, and Me

  • Entry #1 Hello Reader, As humans we have 7 basic needs for survival: Air, Water, Sleep, Food, Shelter, Connection, and a form of Creative Expression. My needs are well met, save the latter. Though I have a structural home where I seek shelter, comfort, and warmth (and am far too…

    Continue reading →: a place to call home

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I’m Donata

Welcome! Aren’t you lucky to have arrived here?! Here is where I ramble on about all things life, garden, food! I love to write my days away, and I love to share! I love to grow food, flavor, and remedy, and I love to share that too! I’m thrilled that you’re here, for if you weren’t, who would I share it all with?

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