by Michelle Moran | May 8, 2024 | #BestofBlueRidge, #ChefDannyMellman, #dannyandmichelle, #Homestead, #litlpond, The Chef, Uncategorized
Spring in the Appalachian Mountains is a time of renewal and transformation. The Blue Ridge landscape turns into a colorful canvas; the air is filled with the sweet melodies of birds, and the meadows come alive with the gentle hum of bees. This transition, unique...
by Michelle Moran | May 12, 2023 | The Writer, Uncategorized
The water is coming in from every direction. And the constant roar of the reef is keeping my mind off the fact that I can’t get my laptop working. My hopes of spending the day seem crashing like the waves on the natural rock jetty offshore. Instead, I find myself...
by Michelle Moran | Feb 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have been quiet for a while now. Last year was, well, y’all know, it was 2020. ‘Nuff said?Anyway, while I haven’t written, I have also not been idle. We’ve redesigned the blog site and a few other websites for the Lit’l Pond group, built a small retreat on Ambergris...
by The Chef And The Writer | Sep 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last night was the first time I have dreamt in six months. Or let me say, it’s the first time I vividly recall dreaming. The memories I hold may be non-sequential, but I don’t think that matters since the image shards my brain was tossing at me had very A Clockwork...
by The Chef And The Writer | Aug 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve been a little quiet down here. Yep, I am still in Belize. The airports are still closed. We had expected to open in August. In fact, Danny Mellman was to arrive on August 20, but just 12 days prior, COVID-19 cases popped up on Ambergris Caye and the country...
by The Chef And The Writer | May 19, 2020 | #BestofBlueRidge, #ChefDannyMellman, #dannyandmichelle, #litlpond, #MasseriaKitchen, #saverestaurants, CovidChronicle, Uncategorized
There are so many ups and downs in this quarantine. This began as one of those down weeks. Struggling with the idea of opening, something that 65 days ago, when we were submerged by the knowledge that we would have to close our restaurants, we were buoyed only by the...
