When Words Fail, There is Love Yesterday: I cook. I bake. I slip out to the store for more onions. I return, and cook and bake some more. After receiving an early morning message that my friend has lost the family home in a fire (not one of the fires in CA) I spring into action […]
Time for Fun
Time for Fun Finding time for fun. It’s easy, right? Well, not always, and some of us are so busy that we think we don’t have time for fun at all. This morning on one of my baking drop offs, (this one was a bread-by instead of my usual pie-by), a neighbor and I struck up […]
Beginning Again
Beginning Again I took a break. You may have noticed. After turning in the manuscript for our book, there was a feeling of space. I recognized it from the last time, when I turned in the manuscript for Art of the Pie…only that time I thought, well, that’s done. Hardly! It was just the beginning. There […]
Everyday Miracles
Everyday Miracles Everyday miracles are all around. Today is my son’s birthday. He’s thirty-one. I can hardly believe how fast the years have gone. On the night he was born, just before he made his appearance, the song In My Life was playing on the radio. I remember saying to my husband and midwife, Wow, I haven’t heard […]
Cleaning Out the Old
Cleaning Out the Old I had a lovely Boxing Day catch up with my friend, Kathi, today over two steaming mugs of coffee laced with some happy holiday libations. One of the things we talked about was our “stuff” and how much of it we both have. I told her that I would happily be […]