New Years Black-eyed Peas

Eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day is supposed to bring you luck, according to an old southern custom. The peas, a half an onion, chicken broth, and some left-over Christmas goose are simmering in the crock pot. We'll have it with garlic bread and salad for dinner - and we'll see about the luck part. Dessert will be blueberry oatmeal crisp.

I have been wrapping up a Christmas craft project that didn't quite make it under the wire, and my sewing machine is situated so that I look out into trees. It's spitting snow, and chickadees and nuthatches hop by occasionally. Some coffee would go well about now.

Happy new year to all.