Cheesy Pennies

It's midnight, and the temperature in my kitchen right now is 82 degrees.  Yes, that is correct. The absolute coolest it has been today ...

December is the month where my talent for self sabotage truly shines.  If, for example, I were serious about this 50x50 business, would I...

I don't know about you, but when I was in college, there was nothing more exciting than seeing a flash of pink peeking through the littl...

I took the summer off. It was supposed to just be a break from my job. Time away from meetings and contracts and managing, from sales call...

We went a little nuts with the baking for this year's Holiday Open House , even more so than usual . Mini pecan tarts .   Choco...

In the days leading up to Christmas, the volume of visits from representatives of the United States Postal Service* goes way up everywhere, ...

Yep. Walmart and Target were open on Thanksgiving Day  this year.  I just read an article  about a Toys 'R Us store in Times Square ...

These are The Traveling Wilburys .  They contain George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison. These are The T...

Here's the thing about blogging, at least the way I do it.  I cook something, and then I write about it after we eat it*.   Days, weeks,...

You know how all these old guys are going on tour again this year? My  old blondie recipe is, too.  Thanks to Laurie, of Simply Scratch...

My kids are both about to head into finals week. Lots of tests. In a show of solidarity, I decided to take a test myself. Sample ques...

There was not much love lost for Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue  when I hosted book group today.  It was a big, over-written slog of...

Charlie Brown got a rock. My kids got tie-dyed underwear and the seven hour Collector's Edition of Titanic* . The rest of yo...

Unlike the washing machine at home , the gang at the office was pretty happy to see me today*.

We have some very dear friends who are leaving tomorrow for an odyssey around the world. They are abandoning their settled life here i...