• Catastrophes, Great and Small

    It’s been a helluva week. We started this week with me setting my glorious macaroni and cheese dish on fire, and are ending it with a really killer head cold, and some non-fun…

  • Comfort Food on a Rare Cold Weekend

    Thanks all for your comments – I’m so impressed you read my posts on Christmas, given how much came at you so quickly. I love my small but committed band of readers –…

  • 2017 Resolutions

    So it’s de rigeur these days to call them “intentions” instead of “resolutions,” but I’m sticking with “resolution” because I like the sound of the word “resolve.” Only a few, and along the…

  • 2016 Year in Review

    1. What did I do in 2016 that I’ve never done before? I took the Louisiana bar exam. Which was my third bar exam, but my first (and last!) attempt at the Louisiana one…