The holiday season is here and with it comes the best time of year. Vintage Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, and Ella Fitzgerald are crooning on a loop and the home aroma of cinnamon is perpetually drifting in the air. For the next month, my husband will frequently return home from work with crinkling new goody bags that people kindly bestowed […]
I’m not sure if you heard the news, but the citizens of Kansas City recently lost their minds. The Kansas City Royals won this year’s World Series against the New York Mets. With this victory came an epic flood of city-wide pride. It also came with a ticker-tape victory parade. Not to mention the 800,000 […]
Chocolate cake and I have a long history. My birthday happens to fall near the holidays. In fact, it’s so close to the festivities that by the time the big day comes around everyone is exhausted from all the eating and jolly-making. Myself included. It can be challenging for everyone to pull themselves together for one […]
What is it about apple orchards that make them so dream-like? Walking among the trees, with the sweet scent of fruit, and the light breeze dancing in-and-out among the leaves. There’s something about plucking the colorful orbs from the low hanging branches. Knowing that it’s there to sustain you and knowing exactly where it came […]