For F’s half birthday on Wednesday I decided to make the Cherry Chip Cake with Cherry Buttercream Icing from my new Vintage Cakes cookbook. E and I bought the ingredients on Saturday and then the two of us put it together Tuesday night. Baking with E is the best because she happens to like all…
updates
There are days when all I do is sit in front of a computer screen – all day long. That is not my favorite way to spend the day, but around lunchtime the monotony is broken up a bit. An email arrives in my inbox, and in it are the photos from F’s morning at…
where she earns her "and-a-half"
Oh how do I describe you in words on a page, words that are static and unmoving, when every ounce of you dances, even when still? You have beguiled us all. We navigate your impetuous waters with delight; even the flashes of temper and foot stomping stubbornness are enjoyable to watch, though we desperately try…