Because sometimes, inspiration is in the upper left cabinet above the sink. 1. In 1993 we registered for twelve blue-and-white coffee cups from William-Sonoma. We received a gift box with eleven blue-striped cups and, like an ugly duckling, one with a stripe of green. Green Stripe always sat in the back, used only for a [...]
Posted in Lawrence, friends, ten-word thursday on Jun 11th, 2009
Remember Ten-Word Thursday? It’s been months, but that particular invention sure comes in handy when you’re full of thoughts, but short on words. Apparently, it took us a full week to recover from our joyous Bat Mitzvah ordeal. There’s still plenty of that I’d like to share with you, but – well, full of thoughts, [...]
Posted in Lawrence, friends, small bites, writing on Feb 11th, 2009
On our way home from the airport Saturday night, Greg and I stopped for a late dinner out, somewhere with dim lighting and salty breadboards. Flush with being sprung from Vegas, it took just one glass of Chianti and some paper-thin prosciutto to relax, and the place was hopping. I spotted some friends a few [...]
Making tiny molded sugars – no, not moldy sugars, sugars shaped in molds – surely pegs me as a fussy, fussy girl. Anyone who deliberately takes sugar from its god-given home – the pourable shaker – and hand-spoons it into wee tins has got to be a little touched, right? Fussy. But…is it fussy, or [...]
Only in Lawrence can you see giant flightless Jayhawks on people’s lawns. Only in Lawrence could your new mail carrier and your old mail carrier hook up. And talk about you. Only in Lawrence can a grown man ride a unicycle down the street wearing a pink jumpsuit and bunny ears and no one bats [...]
