every bite tells a story, every dish is delish
Posted in Let's Be Crafty on Jul 11th, 2008
In the documentary Grey Gardens, Big Edie and Little Edie - depicted here in egg form - fought eviction from their beautifully decomposing Hamptons house.
But that was nothing compared to the indignities of life in the fridge.
If you haven’t yet checked out the brave women, dogs and babies in Jean’s Grey Gardens contest, it’s a [...]
Posted in Let's Be Crafty on Jul 10th, 2008
When Josie was a toddler, I dutifully subscribed to family-activity-type magazines - and who knows why, because I always started with with “Look! We should go to that family tree-climbing resort in Costa Rica!” and finished by hurling it at the wall.
What ticked me off in those glossies were the food projects. Every kids’ activity [...]
Posted in Let's Be Crafty on Apr 6th, 2008
In 1907 the author Carolyn Wells wrote Marjorie’s Vacation, in which a high-spirited girl rides a train and summers at her grandmother’s well-appointed country house. The book was part of a Marjorie series, and though I don’t know who loved them in 1907, I know at least one edition passed seven decades’ worth of [...]
Posted in Let's Be Crafty, My So-Called Life on Mar 7th, 2008
Someone left this on Josie’s pillow yesterday.
And maybe if you remember to make your bed extra nicely…
…and happen to have a mom who likes breaking into your craft supplies…
…and you take the message deeply to heart…who knows?
You might find one, too.
