Articles about 'Fall'
January 2nd, 2013
This is the best cranberry bread I’ve ever had! My family loves it too. It just happens to be gluten-free. If you’re on a gluten-free diet, please read the labels of your ingredients to make sure they’re all gluten-free.
Recipe for Gluten-free Cranberry Bread
Ingredients
1 cup White Rice Flour 1 cup Oat Flour...
April 4th, 2012
Emanuela wrote to me from Italy about how they eat chestnuts there in the fall. She’s a teacher and they cook them at the school. Here’s what she wrote:
Hi Lisa,
We eat chestnuts in November for autumn. Grandfathers and their friends come to cook the chestnuts. (1st they need to have an x cut into...
October 19th, 2011
The French poem Matin d’Octobre by François Coppée (1842-1908) is about an early October morning. You’ll find the original French version with an mp3 here and an English translation below it.
MP3 Recording of Matin d’Octobre
Matin d’Octobre
C’est l’heure exquise et matinale Que rougit un soleil soudain. ...
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December 9th, 2010
My husband thinks it’s reverting to the teenage years using OMG! Yet, sometimes it’s perfectly fitting. Take this whole wheat cranberry bread I made this evening, OMG!
It’s still cranberry season here in New York so I had to get some while they’re still looking so plump and deep red!
I used a little cornmeal in...
September 22nd, 2010
Dragonflies are a sign of the seasons in Japan. The red dragonfly is specifically a sign of Autumn. There are Japanese poems in the haiku style about this theme.
Haiku is an unrhymed Japanese verse form in three lines only. The 3 lines have five, seven, and five syllables respectively.
Below are some haiku...
March 2nd, 2010
Yesterday, I was talking with a lady, whose parents are from Italy, about how happy I am that it’s finally March. She said, “Why?” I said because February is finally over. She said, “Marzo è pazzo”. It’s an Italian saying meaning “March is crazy”… you can never depend on March...
October 29th, 2009
We took a walk today in Walt Whitman’s woods in West Hills, on Long Island, east of New York City. I highly recommend taking an autumnal hike or stroll if you can. Then you may feel the truth in Whitman’s line, "As to me I know of nothing else but miracles". There’s much beauty out...
May 20th, 2009
Rebeca Garcia Mendoza wrote
Hi! I’m a Spanish girl who is preparing resources to teach English to Spanish children. I’m looking for rhymes about seasons and I have a problem. I cannot find a short one of Spring.
If anybody knows one, please, tell me!
Thanks.
If anyone can help out Rebeca, please let us know in the...
November 1st, 2008
Today we took a hike with our kids around the woods and pond at Caleb Smith State Park in New York. We wanted to spend some time together as a family and see the beautiful autumnal colors. Here are a couple of photos we took of the lake…
October 20th, 2008
Every year we go apple picking in September or October. One of our favorite orchards has dwarf apple trees, which has been nice with little kids. Though next year we may be able to graduate to an orchard with normal sized trees since our kids are getting taller.
One treat we make after apple...
August 20th, 2008
People often write me looking for songs about the four seasons, from around the world. Here are some! The links below take you to the different pages on Mama Lisa’s World of International Childrens Songs. There, you’ll find the lyrics in the original languages, with English translations.
Songs about Winter
Yuki (Snow) – Japanese
A,...
October 29th, 2006
October 29th, 2006
Kimberly sent me this recipe below. It sounds great for Halloween or an outdoors spring or summer party.
Worms in Dirt Recipe
Make a package of chocolate pudding and put store bought candied worms in it. Let it set. Then sprinkle crushed chocolate Oreo crumbs on top. Kids will love worms in dirt.
Even though it’s...
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