I tried a book this week. Extremely funny take on four Millennials. I turned the e-pages carefully, suspecting I might have to give it up. After all, these people grew up when sex has no more meaning that buying a street taco. Sure enough, the street tacos started flying, and blow-by-blow descriptions at that. Soooo, let's do a recipe, shall we? The thing about [...]
Who among us has not had a big secret that we bottled up for weeks? And what was your secret? A pregnancy? A For Sale sign going up on your lawn next week? A church calling? And there you sat, your lips buttoned up, letting on nothing while you frolicked with your friends, dipping chips into the dip. Piper Kerman had a big secret too. [...]
Louis Sachar loves the game of bridge. When he decided to write a novel about bridge-players, “My publisher, my editor, my wife and my agent all said I was crazy. ‘No one’s going to want to read a book about bridge!’ they told me on more than one occasion.” Add me to that list. I gave Sachar’s The Card Turner a good try. You would [...]
I need a week to just sit on my hands. Every day, I manage to mangle them. […]
Some people think I don’t like vegetables. Not true. I just don’t like them boring. Put a beautifully-arranged veggie tray on your party table and I won’t even see it. (Chocolate can be very distracting.) And I sure won’t be joining up with the green smoothie movement. But there’s something wonderful about a perfectly stir-fried pea pod or slice of onion. Which I managed to [...]
