Welcome to Open Book Blog Hop. You can find us every Monday talking about the writing life. I hope you'll check out all the posts: y...

Welcome to Open Book Blog Hop. You can find us every Monday talking about the writing life. I hope you'll check out all the posts: you...

Welcome to Open Book Blog Hop. You can find us every Monday talking about the writing life. I hope you'll check out all the posts: you...

Welcome to Open Book Blog Hop. You can find us every Monday talking about the writing life. I hope you'll check out all the posts: you...

I don't always get to have a Halloween party. Halloween does fall, after all, right at the end of the quarter, when my grades are due...

I'm not quite so Basic a white girl as to be a connoisseur of all things pumpkin. My favorite latte of the moment is gingerbread, tha...

Reese's peanut butter pumpkins. I love Reese's cups. Definitely too much. I love the traditional ones. I love the Reese's m...

I didn't cook when I was a young woman. In my first marriage, my husband did most of our day to day meal preparation. I used to brag...

Thanksgiving can be a pressure cooker of a holiday, literally and metaphorically. Families get together, which can be lovely and affirmi...

It's April and you know what that means:  The AtoZ Blogging Challenge ! For those who haven't played along before, the AtoZ Bloggi...

It's April and you know what that means:  The AtoZ Blogging Challenge ! For those who haven't played along before, the AtoZ Bloggi...

It's April and you know what that means:  The AtoZ Blogging Challenge ! For those who haven't played along before, the AtoZ Bloggi...

https://spsnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/chanukah1.jpg I married a nice Catholic boy a few years ago. As we approached our first ...

Holidays always give me grocery lust. I have to stay out of places like A Southern Season, Trader Joe's, and Whole Foods. Even Weaver St...