On Lifelong Friends and ALS
A few weeks ago, I visited my friend Laura up in Wichita, Kansas. Those of you who are long-time readers of this blog have heard of Laura several times before […]
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On Perfect Quiche and a Virginia Visit
My love language wasn’t always feeding people. It developed over a long period of time watching my husband, an accomplished chef, feed people. Having athletic teen boys leant itself to
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On Keeping Resolutions and Those Trader Joes Bagged Salads
We are only a few days into 2023, and it feels like Christmas was a hundred years ago. My husband and I took down the tree two days after Christmas
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On Endings and Beginnings
In this odd week between the hoopla of the holidays and the modern-day demarcation between one year and the next, I’m given to both reflecting on the past year and
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On Family Visits and Zucchini Boats
First off, how is it possible we are near the end of December already? And that the year is 2022? I still feel stuck somewhere back in 2019. If I
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On Managing Expectations and Anise Cookies
The final book in my wonderful (if I do say so myself) dark fantasy series published Monday. I got lovely applause and cheerful “well-done’s” from my FB friends, and beautiful
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On Apple Cake and Book 5 of 5
Day-old Apple cake* plays a huge role in my “Tales of Darkwood” series, especially in the final book that publishes this coming Monday. I only thought it fair that I
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On Road Trips and Family Traditions
This past week we took a road trip up to Amarillo, Texas. It’s about a six-hour drive from Dallas, with stops, angling up the 287. The road is dotted with
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On Bread and Pumpkin Pie
The holidays are back! As I get older, they whirl back around again with an uncanny speed. I often forget what month I’m in. I have no idea how we
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On a Hammam Experience and Taking the Long Way Home
Leaving Loutro, and with it the calming swim-eat-sleep-repeat experience was bittersweet, as the endings of most wonderful long-awaited trips are. We start to turn our heads toward home, even though
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