It is no secret that I want to be a writer. Or rather, that I am a writer. I am always writing out little essays or stories. I wrote a few months ago about what I am learning about being a writer, about how I am taking out a notebook and sitting down as often…
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I have always been a collector. My mom might say I have always been more a hoarder. Not that I am a hoarder, just that if I’m not careful I can have those tendencies. When my brother and I were younger and were instructed to clean our rooms I would carefully organize all of my…
When we were in Italy far and and away the most stressful thing of all was figuring out where to eat. We would walk the sidewalks teeming with restaurants, everything smelling so good, unable to choose. I knew in my head how many meals we had in each place, and the last thing I wanted…
I had a moment over these zucchini fries a couple of weekends ago. When we were in Italy we sat on our inn’s rooftop terrace with a couple of Canadians. They had come from Rome and Florence as well, and we were talking about the things we had loved and the things that had been…
Here’s just a quick something to consider for a side dish this Thanksgiving. We’re going to Atlanta with Gerrit’s family, where I am in charge of bringing basically whatever I want (in this case, some pumpkin bread and some chocolate pecan pie bars) and contributing the Grand Marnier for the pumpkin pies. I’m sure I…