It’s been getting colder. And colder. And it will surely get even colder in the midst of winter. Quite frankly, I could easily live with forgoing winter. The Earth’s seasonal cycle could spontaneously change to just spring, summer, and autumn, and I wouldn’t shed a tear. With the daily high temperatures dipping into the twenties, [...]
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I have a terrible habit of wringing my hands. It’s not something I intentionally do. But whenever I’m elated, sad, angry, bored, or especially nervous, I wring my hands. Because the habit covers a wide span of emotions, I end up wringing my hands a lot. Coincidentally, cooking and baking require extensive use of one’s [...]
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Never ask a man who is devoid of culinary knowledge to fetch you an obscure-sounding ingredient. If it doesn’t rhyme with clour, dutter, rugar, or zilk, don’t even let the request slip from your lips. It’s a lost cause. How do I know this? Well. Yesterday morning I was in desperate need of masa harina, a [...]
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When it comes to Halloween, I tend to like the more mellow decorations and festivities. That is, cute usually trumps gory. But, as the saying goes, there’s a first time for everything. How could I have knocked it ’til I tried it? Apparently gory can still be scrumptious. And puff pastry will never look the same to me. [...]
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Surprises. They can be good, or bad. Like this morning, when the forecast changed to predict even hotter temperatures tomorrow, it was a bad surprise. Generally it’s a bad surprise when the weatherman or weatherwoman changes their mind. (I still think the local weatherman, with all of his terrible meteorological predictions, is out to get me. But that’s [...]
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I’ve always loved Wallace and Gromit. Anyone else? Raise your virtual hand if you like ‘em too! And I’ve seen every movie, my absolute favorite being A Grand Day Out. You know, the one in which the dog-and-man duo build a bright orange rocket in their garage, blast off to the moon in search of cheese (to [...]
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