My first diary had a purple cover with tiny pink hearts, multi-colored interior pages, and was outfitted with a brass lock and a tiny key that I kept inside my kitten music box that, when opened, played “Memories.”
As I matured, so, too, did the look of my diaries…eh-hem…I mean journals. Periwinkle pages gave way hip [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Feed me, Seymour, feed me!
Posted in writing, tagged blog behavior, writing on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If Spring Won’t Come to Me…
Posted in photography, tagged flowers, photography on March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve lived in this general southern Mid-Atlantic region my entire life, and therefore I’m well aware that March is a piteous month. Indecisively running hot and cold in 24-hour increments, it’s the petulant 14-year-old of the annual calendar. My volunteer daffodils might have boldly bloomed yesterday, but it’s too cold today to bother going [...]
As found on Craigslist…
Posted in writing, tagged poetry, writing on March 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On November 12, 2005, my dad sent me this e-mail while he was traveling for work:
I bought a copy of The Elba Clipper today, a smalltown southern Alabama paper, and came across this lost dog ad in the classifieds. I was struck by the unintended poetry of it.
“Maggie”
$100.00 REWARD Return of lost dog.
Small, brown, [...]
Choco-Pan v. Satin Ice, Part Duex
Posted in baking, tagged baking, chocopan, fondant, reviews, satin ice on March 7, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It is with a sense of chagrin that I write this as I recently realized I never followed up on my Choco-Pan v. Satin Ice quandary. Not that I expect many of you were on the edge of your seat, anxiously awaiting my findings…but still. I shouldn’t leave loops open like this.
So here’s the background. [...]