All I want for Christmas is my Mother’s Christmas Cookies

Silver Bells Throughout the years Christmas has settled on a single consistent element…the cookies my mother started baking the year I was born. Back then Gold Medal Flour had printed the recipe on the side of their bag, just in Read more

Hibernating In Place

The first frost of the season glittered across the roof tops outside my window this morning. A reminder winter is creeping closer with every rotation of the earth. The San Francisco Bay Area reacts to this like a child snuggling Read more

Reflections

If you spend anytime on my Facebook feed, you’ll know that my carless state was resolved last night with the purchase of used A5. A car I fell in love with against my better judgement. But that’s love for you–you Read more

It’s Getting Hot in Our Kitchen

What’s the old saying? An army marches on their stomachs and shelterees cook to keep their sanity? Well at least that’s how it goes around here since March 15th. As the days, weeks, months spin drunkenly by like a poorly Read more

Solstice Observations for 2020 – A Plea

An Open Letter To The Person in Charge of Last Year’s Solstice Observances for the Human Race I know you know you’ve been slipping a little for the past few years…we’ve been patient. There were extenuating circumstances and all—we understand. Read more

Day 66

My Mood is Blue

It’s day 66 of sheltering in place. We had to look it up. So far this quarantine has been a mixed bag. It’s hard  to track the days–with the pages on the calendar flipping faster than can be accounted for. I’ve Read more