Rosie has had a lot to show me lately, and although it’s been a big time of “hold on, honey, I’ll be there in a minute” (after which she proceeds to count to sixty), her method of request has been making me melt. “Momma!” she says, and she gestures with her whole hand. If I’m…
a pause
I’m needing a little help today. The world isn’t feeling as safe as I’d like it to be. It’s amazing how much it’s all how you look at it. But I can’t help but feel like I’m sitting in the darker side of things. All throughout the little campaign around here, I kept finding myself…
vanilla extract
What is that flavor, really? I guess it’s a sweet thing, but I don’t think that sweet is inherent in its true self. It’s just… vanilla. Amateur that I am, I have only recently come around to vanilla beans. The price always put me off, and so when a recipe called for vanilla beans, I…
and the signs come down
Oh, boy. I could add in a couple of expletives, but I’m still on good behavior.Yesterday, in between sign holding and pacing around the house and making everyone dinner so that we wouldn’t forget to eat, I sat down for a minute with my mother and brought up that topic that seems to be revisited…
rhubarb blueberry compote
Oh, boy. I could add in a couple of expletives, but I’m still on good behavior. Yesterday, in between sign holding and pacing around the house and making everyone dinner so that we wouldn’t forget to eat, I sat down for a minute with my mother and brought up that topic that seems to be…
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