I cannot tell where the holiday begins or ends. Every day seems to be it. Last week, just moments after Joey and the girls got out of school, we hopped in the car and drove to Maine. We needed some Portland, and the ocean soothed us all. The girls wanted to take the little rickety…
Archives for December 2011
cashew maple shortbread
Joey made me this cork board with red and wine-y corks. He made it for the “holiday” but he can never keep something until the designated day he’s supposed to give it, and really December is holiday enough. So on my birthday a week or so ago, he went down to the basement and secretively…
cooking and talking without falling over
I’ve got something to show you! Months ago I talked a little about a few videos I was working on with my friends Luke and Ethan over at SeeThink films. Remember those pop tarts that Rosie and I were rolling out over and over to see if we could get them perfect the first time?…
gifting
When I was a kid, I spent several holiday seasons in a row rehearsing and performing in a little black box theater here in my town. The theater is still here, and has miraculously changed very little. The play was called Yonder Peasant, and the script, music, and lyrics were all lovingly crafted by the…
biscuits and gravy
So I’ve got to tell you about a book. I know I say that quite often, and you know I always mean it! But this time, I really, really mean it. I’ll tell you right off the bat that this is Joey’s favorite food book ever. This book, this book! It makes Joey cry with…