Wreath from Chessy
Our regular Trader Joe’s grocery store, which burned down in the Santa Rosa Firestorm last year, recently reopened and I was looking forward to returning today. Once you get past […]
Cooking class with Gail
Today I got to see my friend Gail again and take a wonderful cooking class! I had signed up for the “Cast Iron Desserts” class a while back, but it […]
Decorating just in time
The Jewish holiday of Chanukah began tonight, and so Mama and I decorated our living room this afternoon. The last-minute effort wasn’t exactly procrastination; the holiday just sort of sneaked […]
Lemon Swiss buttercream
Lately I’ve been experimenting with different Macaron fillings to varying degrees of success. Raspberry jam was too runny, but then chocolate ganache was too rich. I found a recipe for […]
Girl talk
Two friends I haven’t seen in years visited us today, and it was such a joy to see them again! After a lovely, long visit with Mama over cups of […]
Listening to Michelle
Today’s #OneGoodThing was listening with Mama to Michelle Obama read her new book. We’re only a couple of chapters into “Becoming,” but we love it and can’t wait to listen to more together! […]
Narrow approval
A slight fever nearly prevented me from receiving my 12th IV infusion for Crohn’s Disease today. The treatment works by suppressing my immune system, which can make it dangerous to […]
Macaron improvements
When our friend Margo visited on Sunday, I made raspberry French macaron cookies. But they were a total fail. They tasted ok, but they just didn’t have the right texture. […]
Fast, yummy cookies
I whipped up three hot, fresh cookies tonight, and it took a sum total of 12 minutes! I made cherry chocolate chip cookie dough last week and refrigerated little heaps, […]
A marathon with Margo
Our friend Margo brought her sweet dog, Mason, over today. We adore this dog; he helped us be ready to adopt Paisley after we lost Abby two years ago. Mama, […]
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