Category: Food & Place

• (mini post) A Quiet Note on the Table: Dining at the Gaylord Rockies

  

  A short food-focused addendum from the Gaylord Rockies, exploring seasonal dishes, warm hospitality, and why food always matters.

  mariemondemm

  January 3, 2026

  FOOD & DINING, Food & Place

  Colorado, coloradodining, food, FOOD & DINING, foodandplace, foodquietly, gaylordrockies, life, love, luxurytravelfood, Recipes, resortdining, thoughtfuleating, travel

• What Endures: Black Walnuts, Winter Tables, and the Things That Wait

  

  The winter season in Virginia emphasizes endurance rather than new beginnings. Black walnuts, a significant part of the landscape, symbolize patience as they wait to be used after falling in autumn. Engaging with simple tasks like cooking and walking outdoors helps anchor thoughts during these quiet months. The transition of trees teaches a valuable lesson…

  mariemondemm

  December 31, 2025

  Essays & Reflections, Food & Place, Lifestyle, Seasonal Living, Winter Rituals

  Ancestral Foods, autumn, Black Walnuts, fall, Food and Place, Grounding Rituals, mid-atlantic, nature, Seasonal Eating, Seasonal Foodways, seasons, Slow Living, Virginia Winter, winter, Winter Cooking