This is a picture of a young woman named Amanda Gorman. Today, she was invited to be the Poet Laureate and read a poem that she wrote, shortly after the events at the Capitol on January 6th.I know that some of you will want to tell me that you didn't watch the inauguration, and you'll want to te
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01/20/2021
Having come to cooking late in life... read that as "got divorced and had to learn about cooking, or be prepared to live out my life on carry-out food" ... I've only just learned about Maldon Salt.As I understand it, it's used primarily as a "finishing" salt. So, you're not really using it IN th
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01/18/2021
I found this on YouTube today... I could imagine myself sitting in the auditorium watching my child in the school band participating in this performance.It's a little long, just under six minutes, but I couldn't tear my eyes (and ears) away.I couldn't stop smiling. Enjoy!
01/06/2021
Like many of you I receive all sorts of gifts over the holidays. There are bottles of wine, hard alcohol, and the dreaded packages of fattening snacks... cookies, pretzels, candy... ohmigod. A vendor sent me a package of Carol's Cookies, which were unbelievalble... only 8 cookies... but wait...
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01/06/2021