Tonight’s Dinner Adventure

Life is a river of experiences. As we sail down the river, we encounter adventures. For me, so many things are adventures. Take cooking for instance. Far from a necessary task, cooking is alchemy, cooking is magic.
The kitchen is a place of enchantment. I don’t have a big or beautiful kitchen. But to me, it [...]

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Cinnamon

This morning, we got up early to send our dear Seraphina off to take the SAT. I went back to bed afterwards and got up past ten o’clock. Upon coming downstairs, my baking genius opened the oven with a flourish and with a sweep of her hand and a ,”Ta Da!” showed us the [...]

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Wreaths of Smiles

December moves along with all its birthdays and the general celebration of the month. Rosie, who is our true family historian keeps tabs of traditions and enforces them with zeal.
This year she insisted, in this season of finals and general upheaval, that she needed to make a new wreath.
The relentless chime that began with, “Mama, [...]

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