A Little Bit of Ballet

I have been in one of my “can’t finish a book” ruts for a few days now. Which means I have been switching back and forth in an endless cycle between Wild Wood by Posie Graeme-Evans, The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, and The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry. This is followed by brief moments of “Oh! I should finish that” with Justice Hall by Laurie R. King. Add to those that I’ve now started Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang. I blame being stuck at home for so long that my brain […]

Baking in Self-Isolation

When we realized that Stay-at-Home could potentially come down the pipeline, but it wasn’t mandated yet, we decided to make the most of our last trip to Vermont by stopping at King Arthur Flour on the way home. This was the best choice we could have made. We stocked up on various flours: pastry flour, artisan bread flour, high gluten flour. We grabbed some superfine castor sugar so I can attempt some more intricate pastry work while trapped in the house. We grabbed King Arthur’s pre-made cookie dough. (Two more cookies consumed and that will […]

BOTM: January 2020

How do we start the year off on the right foot? With new books of course! For the month of January I have two books from Book of the Month! Because I’m a Book of the Month BFF, I get one of the finalists for Book of the Year in my January box – so I went with A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum. While I’m intrigued by the Book of the Year winner – Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, I also have to admit that it also doesn’t […]