Wanted: The perfect notebook
How many is too many? I both love and don’t love them. And I may need to add another to the ranks.
Category: Famiglia
The inexhaustible power of whimsy
What’s the benefit being a killjoy? Absolutely nothing.
Waffle Wars
Sometimes, love is measured with a cranky waffle iron.
The Secret Ingredient
. When someone is facing a challenge, we send them, in whatever words we individually wrap around them, our support. We focus energy outward for the benefit of someone else. And sometimes, that someone perceives it and it provides a however-brief respite from their troubles.
Tomato Panic
Every September, I inventory the jars in my basement to ensure that there are enough get La Famiglia through the crappy-tomato-months of winter. And no matter what the total, I’m never convinced it’s actually enough.
Lent 15: Me oh my, I like Pie
Happy Pi day, nerds! There’s a saying, “Save your fork, there’s pie!” It’s supposedly from a Royal Visit where someone said it to the Duke of Edinburgh. It’s also atrributed to other Royal types that would be unaccustomed to the folksy common idea of re-using a piece of silverware. But the point is that no […]
Foodie Friday: Breaded Veal/Chicken Cutlets
If you’re going to go to the effort, you might as well make a whole bunch of these. If your house is like mine (or my parents, or any of my aunts or cousins), they’ll disappear right from the plate while you’re making them and from the fridge if you’ve made them ahead of time. Make lots.
Of Turkeys and Elections
What better time to exercise my civic responsibility to vote than Thanksgiving weekend?
Gestures and Intentions
Some people just don’t care what you’re sellin’. It’s not about you, it’s about them
Foodie Friday: Sausage Party!
Less bump, more grind. We’re making sausage at the Casa di Swears!
Sweary Parent Chronicles 