Are you baking cookies this weekend? My column in this week’s Cordova Times offers up two takes on a classic spritz cookie, plus some musings on shortbread and its origins. I joke that I live in a house with a Cookie Monster. He loves something a little bit sweet and crunchy to eat with coffee,…
Seeking Balance…
I do yoga about twice a week these days. I would love to do it more, it’s part of the balancing act that is work, love, family, creative life. This weekend, after a particularly head-clearing yoga session, coupled with more disturbing news about Facebook, (see also here), and more stories about technology and misinformation, I…
Edible Alaska |Fall in Love with Cranberries
My newest article for Edible Alaska was released today on their web site. It will be in the print edition when it’s released, but the wise editorial staff decided that folks are out picking cranberries in part of the state NOW, so they’re giving you an advance look. A recipe will follow soon. I am leaving…
ElderBEARies?
This guy loves the elderberries. So much that he’s basically destroyed one bush already. And while bears have been spotted all over town this summer eating garbage and getting themselves into trouble, this guy is just doing what a bear should do. But I have to discourage him in hope that he’ll stay out of…
A Good Day
Today was a good day. One of those days I feel like maybe I’m not totally failing at single parenting. I bribed J. with the prospect of a milkshake to go for a bike ride with me. It’s not sunny, but it’s not raining either–the kind of day in Alaska where you just have to…