…and clearly I’m pretty childish because I’m giggling about it. Tarts, tarts, tarts, tarts, tarts. It’s not even a part of American slang, somehow skipping us in favor of other unsavory terms for promiscuous women, yet here I am, smiling idiotically to myself as my husband rolls his eyes like there’s something wrong with me. … [Read more…]
New England weather is crazy. Last week started with hurricane-force winds, about a foot of snow, and wind-chills around zero degrees or less. The week ended with temps in the 50s, fog, and rain. Never a dull (weather) moment in Southern New England. So while the snow melts away on January 2nd and I’m trapped … [Read more…]
I don’t ring in the new year with resolutions. Why save them up for one day a year? Instead, I’m constantly re-inventing myself, trying to figure out who I am and what I need to do to be happy. Sometimes, that means going to the gym four times a week, working out my frustration on … [Read more…]
Last month, when Big Y was offering their Buy 1 Get 2 Free sale on apple cider, I stocked up and decided to reduce some of that deliciousness into a concentrate for future use. I had no particular plans for it at the time–just felt that it was something I had to do, even though … [Read more…]
I’ve been making Christmas cookies for at least twenty years now. Ouch. Should I have admitted that? There are a few that are annual traditions, like the molasses cut-outs, butterballs, and peanut blossoms we prepared on Monday. In more recent years, I’ve started changing it up a bit, adding in a new recipe or two … [Read more…]