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Coming Together

February 11, 2010 – 1:54 pm

As many of you may recall, I lost one of my best friends earlier this fall. It’s the saddest thing I’ve ever gone through.  Sure, I’ve lost folks I love very much, but they’ve always been older and it’s never been out-of-the-blue. But Jean was my age with dreams the size of Texas and a [...]

Cinnamon Cardamom Snickerdoodles

February 1, 2010 – 10:11 am

I started writing this post numerous times, trying to figure out how to just come out and say it. I skirted around the issue. I sugar-coated it. But here, I’ll just come out with it: I stole this cookbook. No really, I full-on stole it. And it’s fabulous. Now let me explain: This fall, I [...]

Apple Pocket Pies

November 5, 2009 – 6:25 pm

I have a confession. I’m reading Twilight. It’s ironic in a lot of ways. When I was teaching, my students were always dying to get me to read it. Nah, too busy kids. Translation: SO below me. But I’ve been sneaking around, reading it deliberately face down in public places and keeping it on [...]

An Adult Halloween, a New Camera, and Cake

October 31, 2009 – 5:36 pm

As many of you know, Linnea and I currently live at my mom’s house. It’s a long story that involves my mom going back to graduate school, the family dogs, her eventually moving home, and me losing my job. It’s very temporary and while I never envisioned being thirty and living at home–really, it’s wonderful. [...]