I’m still here, just baking away and trying to be patient. Really I’m not even 40 weeks yet, so I have no right to be impatient; but we are ready for the baby to be here, and I am beyond ready to not be pregnant anymore. I know a lot of women love being pregnant/miss…
Category: bread
I’ve really been missing Italy lately. I suppose because it’s summer and because I’m reading Beautiful Ruins (which largely takes part it Italy and which I am just loving) and because this time last year we were counting down to our trip and learning bits of Italian and buying train tickets. But really, the truth…
I haven’t really read a lot of parenting books. Part of this is because I really don’t want to get into the wars of different opinions about feeding and sleeping and attachment, etc. etc.; part of this is because I studied child development in college; and part of this is because gosh there are so…
I have needed slow baking these days. After the (fun) chaos of an Easter weekend bridal shower and family Easter dinner, I honestly wanted to swear off the kitchen for awhile. My feet were hurting (and I even remembered not to stand barefoot all day, as I am prone to do). My back was hurting….
I was going to write a post for you about Christmas and relate these muffins to how one always gets oranges in their stockings on Christmas morning. It’s such a quaint tradition, straight out of the prairie days that my mother and I love. But it’s after Christmas now and I missed that opportunity, so…