MY OH MY, do we have a full event calendar up ahead. Ideal for leaving-the-house weather?
Daring to claim this GF, vegan Cheez-It dupe is better than the real thing.
Maintaining a love-hate relationship with skiing, or at least the state of it in the U.S.
Having an emotional response to not one but two ads. (To be human is to tear up at other people performing being human???)
Turning this pasta into an annual tradition whenever morels come into season.
Rounding up the picnic supplies, in greeting-card form.
Keeping my eye on the eminently earwormy Chloe Qisha.
Considering embroidered lanterns, pressed flower lanterns, painted lanterns, party lanterns.
Sounding the alarm that the pants I get asked about most often have been restocked at last.
Apologizing for being the umpteenth person in your life to insist that Brick really is the thing.
Eating my child’s cereal for dessert. (I love it so much.)
In case you’re playing catch-up.
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