Those dreary winter days-

I'm not sure what it is about grey, cloudy skys, but to me, a dreary day just calls for a pot of something cooking on the wood stove!

I grew up with wood heat, and have migrated back to it after years of electric, oil, and even wood pellets. There is something tremendously satisfying about self sufficiency, and I guess that cooking on a wood stove evokes that sense of I-can-take-care-of-myself.

Like snow and hot cocoa, some things just have to be experienced together!  Todays grey skies give birth to a soon to be colorful pot of stew, loaded with all the colors of the veggie rainbow!