Season of the Soup

     The temperature dipped into single digits overnight and is struggling even now at lunchtime to rise much over twenty degrees. So glad that last night we had homemade soup and there are leftovers for lunch today. Great northern beans and ham, with carrots, celery and onions, spiced with a bay leaf, a spoonful of brown sugar and a dash of chipotle - all very filling and very warm (for the soul and for the hands if it is served in a large mug under the watchful eye of a husky!)