You’re probably wondering why I have a cup as the image for this post. Well, this is the new December coffee cup. There was a bit of an accident with the original December coffee cup. I was making bread and opened the cupboard to get out the measuring cups when the cupboard exploded. Well, it […]
It’s cold outside. Well, cold for Maryland. Yesterday there was a lot of wind as well, but today it’s just a calm, cold, cold, day. I miss the seasons. I grew up in Maine in a small town called Mexico. Yeah, I know. It’s on the famous Maine sign at the Tourist Information Center just […]
It’s now December. That means Christmas is just on the horizon (23 days from today — yikes). I’ve got my December cup. Isn’t it beau-ti-ful? I saw it in October and fell in love with it. To me it screams December/Christmas with a bit of Dr. Seuss thrown in for giggles. So, hopefully this cup […]
Here in the United States it’s Thanksgiving Day. This is a day to gives thanks for all the wonders and joys in our lives. Families get together and spend time together, though if you watch the commercials you’d believe it’s to watch football and not talk and then to finish it all up by shopping. […]
Halloween isn’t really my favorite holiday — that honor goes to Christmas (well Christmas spirit, not the commercialized nightmare it has become). But I’m a sucker for candy corn. In fact, it’s about all I can do to keep myself from buying pounds of it each year during the Halloween candy extravaganzas. Resistance was more […]
Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year’s Eve. This is a bit late, but we went to dinner at our friend’s house in Alexandria, VA and after dinner out to the First Night activities. I’d never been to a city’s First Night before, although we’ve lived in several that had lots of activities on First […]
There’s just something about that space between Christmas and the New Year. There’s all the anticipation of Christmas; of family arriving, joy, laughter, and the sharing of stories. Then Christmas is over and loved ones return to their lives. The wrapping paper is recycled, the dishes done, the leftovers packed away, the last story told, […]
Here it is the day of Christmas Eve. My son arrived yesterday and today I baked an apple pie and bread rolls. The pie is traditional for our family. It’s a cross between a Butterscotch Apple Pie and a French Apple Pie only with pecans and crasins. The bread rolls are from a Fanny Farmer […]