


As the calendar turns cheerfully to autumn, my heart feels as dry and withered as the leavesoutside the kitchen door. The open refrigerator reminds me there’s no need to buy extra eggs.Today, there will be…


When’s the last time everything went just the way you planned it? I pray it’s and that life is treating you right. But if things are a little messy right now, andyou’re feeling like you’ve…

Fire creates and fire destroys. During hurricane Ian, it destroyed my friend’s seaside home—along with her neighbors when a golf cart powered by a lithium battery exploded in a ball of flames. The fire department…

Waitrose, a grocery near where my daughter lives in London, is a haven forculinary adventures and chance encounters. One day, while perusing theshelves, I overheard a young father ask his daughter if she wanted pancakes,then…

Growing up I remember my father thinking a pressure cooker was a must have for mymother while Mom treated it like a ticking time bomb. “It’ll blow up and burn your facewith boiling hot liquid.”…