Right now I’m going from task to task; the overall game plan of “Holy Week” plus “Springtime Planting” finds itself conditioned by the exigencies of “new babies” and “toddlers” and “snow/rain” — punctuated by a 90° day that just reminds you that the world will turn as it has from the beginning. The King… Read More »
Crystallized ginger chocolate chip sugar cookies
Good morning! Today is Candlemas! Want to make some crystallized ginger chocolate chip sugar cookies? If you are in the Boston area, maybe we will see you tonight at the Anglican Use parish, St. Athanasius? 7:30 pm! Get those candles blessed! Mine are all ready to go. I’ve scrounged some up. I feel like those… Read More »
Flexible cake.
I have a long backlog of “Ask Auntie Leila” questions… and many things to post about… but feeling a bit of “task gridlock”… how about you? Life doesn’t seem to get any less hectic even if your kids are all grown and out. Such is my experience. Instead of figuring out a math curriculum or… Read More »
Thankful, Preparing, & Cinnamon Roll Braided Bread.
Thankful! We are thankful for you, our readers! We wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving and a fruitful start of Advent, the time of preparing! We will be seeing you next week, so this post will be a hurry-up-and-get-it-all-in from moi, your faithful blogger. Whether you are aware of it or not, the universe carries on a… Read More »
Chatty… Molly’s birthday and other baking, plus a recipe for English muffins (not my own)
In case you are like me, and like instructions that are a little more explicit than Auntie Leila’s description of her English muffin technique when you’re trying to make something new (love you, Mama! and your English muffins look better than mine, so…), I thought I’d pass along this recipe, from the King Arthur Flour site. (Which, as I’ve… Read More »