C is for Cookie, and Courage, and Crescent City

C is for cookie, crescent city, carnival, and courage—respect and laud to all the women and men who joined in the important march this weekend. Saturday was a beautiful day for a protest in New Orleans, and I was heartened by the company of some 15,000 re(sisters) who together, in a procession two miles long, […]

Almond Toffee Tart

The classic show up to a party a week early and no one is home—that was Saturday. There is such a flurry of socializing in this three week count-down to Match Day, with all the fourth years on didactics (read: we are sleeping normal hours, or not, because we are enjoying each other’s company and […]

Apricot and Almond Bread

The most snow days per year we have had since moving to Minnesota. Since Monday we have been having a crazy dump. KP has the day off school today, so we all went out into the backyard this morning to enjoy the fresh eight or nine inches we got since yesterday. I’m convinced Izzy puts […]