I Thought You'd Never Ask! Anne Russell has kindly indulged me by asking after the puzzle. Oh, this old thing ? This thing that represen...

Happy Spring! Okay, it's not really spring. But I have been repeating, "Look at the gorgeous light!" all week like a Pollyann...

Romance Oh my gosh, remember Birdy's valentines? Ben was just reminiscing about them and we got to laughing all over again. It seems li...

Thank You As always, thank you. Your indignation over Wondertime's ending was just what I needed. I even forwarded it to all the folks t...

Silver Linings I know I can be kind of a Polyanna girl. But this morning? Our car was frozen to the driveway like it was in one of those Cra...

A Long Time Coming Don't worry, I haven't gone all unromantic on you. I was going to post a photo of the ballroom dancing (oh those ...

New Recipes Gosh, I'm sorry I haven't written here in so long! I've been really, really busy. But I do have two new recipes up a...

Leftovers Have your holidays been marvelous? Ours have. I have hardly even noticed the wax from the menorah candles splashing onto my freshl...

Happy Everything to You Dear ones, there are new columns up at wondertime : Dinner Beans, for an unphotogenically humble meal, and Maple Sno...

Vanilla Dear ones. A very fun recipe for vanilla extract is up here, at wondertime . Can we get a running list over there of your favorite r...

Welcome back , dear friends. I have written about carrot salad, here , and--if you didn't get to it last week--about cranberry upside-do...

Veggies and Dip Wouldn't it be funny to put out a huge bowl of whole root vegetables with your dish of dip? Just to see what people woul...

Sweets for the Sweet Okay, so I can't resist telling you that in the print edition of December's Wondertime magazine, there are seve...

I just spent 17 or so minutes trying to photoshop this picture so that it would look like I was on a wild ride with Barack Obama, because I...

Tofu Hello! Thank you all for your ongoing support, even those of you who are offering it only grudgingly or with great, sighing crankiness....

More News from the Campaign Trenches Birdy: "Instead of the whole big election, couldn't they just do eeny meeny miny moe?" Me...

And the Winner Is. . . corrie71, who wrote simply, "My cats inspire me to relax and enjoy life more." No. I'm kidding. It was ...

Thank You You guys are the best. Truly. I knew I could count on you, but really. . . Especially given that so many of you are, it turns out,...

Change Dear ones, as some of you may have already noticed, my Dalai Mama column over at Wondertime.com is shifting from a bare-all chronicle...

Common Sense From a story on the current Times homepage: "It's not the first time the embassy has urged U.S. business travelers and...