Christmas cookie baking is in full swing in my kitchen.  Two batches of butter cookies are in the freezer and a double batch of gingerbread dough is chilling, awaiting to be cut into cute little ginger boys and girls, or … Continue reading →

Generally speaking, I’m not a huge celebrator of Hallmark holidays.  Oh, I send cards and all that (Hallmark is happy), but in other ways, I play it pretty low-key.  On Valentine’s Day, you’ll never find me in a restaurant partaking … Continue reading →

Dad was special in a lot of ways.  It’s no secret that he and I had a close relationship.  I spent most of my childhood by his elbow in the kitchen of the house on Linden.  I make no excuses … Continue reading →

More than any other year I can remember since moving West have I longed for the Fall weather I knew growing up in Kentucky.  I want to shiver in the mornings as I slip from underneath my down comforter and … Continue reading →

It was 11:30 pm and I was comfortably tucked into bed, book in hand, eyes at half mast, when suddenly the Husband enters the room and through garbled words proclaims ‘now this is a great cookie’.  A half eaten bite … Continue reading →